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Iowa Cattle on Feed Down 8 Percent from 2018
Iowa Ag Connection - 07/22/2019
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 650,000 head on July 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Cattle on Feed report. This was down 2
percent from June 1, 2018, and down 8 percent from July 1, 2018. Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head had 565,000 head on feed, down 5 percent from last month and down 1 percent from last year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter
market in all Iowa feedlots totaled 1,215,000 head, down 3 percent from last month and down 5 percent from last year.
Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during June totaled 65,000 head, down 4 percent from May and down 16 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head placed 65,000 head, up
44 percent from May and up 27 percent from last year. Placements for all feedlots in Iowa totaled 130,000 head, up 15 percent from May and up 2 percent from last year.
Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during June totaled 72,000 head, down 15 percent from May and last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head marketed 90,000 head, up 29 percent from May
and up 14 percent from last year. Marketings for all feedlots in Iowa were 162,000 head, up 5 percent from May but down 1 percent from last year. Other disappearance from all feedlots in Iowa totaled 8,000 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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