Cattle on feed up 7 percent

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…

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