US Cattle On Feed Down Two Per Cent
US - The number of cattle and calves been bred for beef slaughter is falling according to statistics released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, US Department of Agriculture.
25 January 2010
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Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.0 million head on January 1, 2010. The inventory was two per cent below January 1, 2009. The inventory included 6.88 million steers and steer calves, down three per cent from the previous year. This group accounted for 62 per cent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.07 million head, down one per cent from 2009.
Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.55 million, six per cent below 2008. Net placements were 1.47 million head. During December, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 430,000, 600-699 pounds were 420,000, 700-799 pounds were 401,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 295,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.74 million, four per cent above 2008.
Other disappearance totaled 72,000 during December, five per cent below 2008.
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