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State Cattle on Feed Unchanged from March
Iowa Ag Connection - 04/19/2019

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 710,000 head on April 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Cattle on Feed report. This was unchanged from March 1, 2019, but down 4 percent from April 1, 2018. Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head had 635,000 head on feed, down 2 percent from last month but up 1 percent from last year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in all Iowa feedlots totaled 1,345,000 head, down 1 percent from last month and down 2 percent from last year.

Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during March totaled 104,000 head, down 22 percent from last month and down 3 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head placed 55,000 head, up 15 percent from last month and up 20 percent from last year. Placements for all feedlots in Iowa totaled 159,000 head, down 12 percent from last month but up 4 percent from last year.

Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during March totaled 100,000 head, down 8 percent from last month but up 8 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head marketed 62,000 head, up 59 percent from last month and up 15 percent from last year. Marketings for all feedlots in Iowa were 162,000 head, up 9 percent from last month and up 10 percent from last year. Other disappearance from all feedlots in Iowa totaled 7,000 head.

NOTE: This report is a combination of estimates from the USDA Cattle on Feed survey for Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship-funded Cattle on Feed survey for Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head.


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