United States Cattle on Feed Up 1 %, Kansas Down 7%

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.3 million head on July 1, 2024. The inventory was 1 percent above July 1, 2023. The inventory included 6.82 million steers and steer calves, up 1 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 60 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.48 million head, up slightly from 2023.

Placements in feedlots during June totaled 1.56 million head, 7 percent below 2023. Net placements were
1.51 million head. During June, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 365,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 255,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 350,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 349,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 165,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 80,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during June totaled 1.79 million head, 9 percent below 2023. Marketings were the second lowest for June since the series began in 1996.

Other disappearance totaled 57,000 head during June, 17 percent below 2023.

KANSAS CATTLE ON FEED DOWN 7%

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.22 million cattle on feed on July 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 7% from last year. Placements during June totaled 310,000 head, down 22% from 2023. Fed cattle marketings for the month of June totaled 400,000 head, down 13% from last year. Other disappearance during June totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.