South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 200,000 cattle on feed on September 1, 2021, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 5% from last year.
Placements during August totaled 44,000 head, down 6% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of August totaled 37,000 head, up 9% from last year.
Other disappearance during August totaled 2,000 head, down 1,000 head from last year.
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