United States Cattle on Feed Down 3%, Kansas Down 1%

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on June 1, 2023. The inventory was 3 percent below June 1, 2022.

Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.96 million head, 5 percent above 2022. Net placements were
1.88 million head. During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 380,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 295,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 480,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 505,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 215,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 80,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.95 million head, 2 percent above 2022.

Other disappearance totaled 74,000 head during May, 3 percent below 2022.

Kansas Cattle on Feed down 1%

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.47 million cattle on feed on June 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 1% from last year.  Placements during May totaled 495,000 head, up 3% from 2022. Fed cattle marketings for the month of May totaled 455,000 head, down 1% from last year. Other disappearance during May totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.