United States Cattle On Feed Up 5 Per Cent
US - Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.5 million head on January 1, 2011.The inventory was five per cent above January 1, 2010. The inventory included 7.18 million steers and steer calves, up four per cent from the previous year. This group accounted for 62 per cent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.26 million head, up five per cent from 2010.
Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.80 million, 16 per cent above 2009. Net placements were 1.73 million head. During December, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 480,000, 600-699 pounds were 495,000, 700-799 pounds were 440,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 380,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.83 million, five per cent above 2009. This is the second highest fed cattle marketings for the month of December since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totaled 65,000 during December, 10 per cent below 2009.
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