Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.54 million cattle on feed on Oct. 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 7 percent from last year. Placements during September totaled 490,000 head, up 13 percent from 2019. Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 410,000 head, up 6 percent from last year. Other…