Most states see cattle on feed numbers climb

South Dakota: South Dakota's 1,000-plus capacity feedlots reported 190,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market on Nov. 1, according to the South Dakota Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The Nov. 1 number is up 29,000 head from one year ago and up 20,000 head from October.

Placements during October totaled 64,000 head, down 4,000 head from last year but up 14,000 head from September.

Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 43,000 head, up 8,000 head from last year and up 9,000 head from September.

Other disappearance during October totaled 1,000 head, down 1,000 head from one year ago but unchanged from September 2006.

Nebraska: Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.44 million cattle on feed on Nov. 1, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. This inventory was up 7 percent from last year and 10 percent above Nov. 1, 2004. This is the largest Nov. 1 inventory since the series began in 1994.

Placements during October totaled 560,000 head, down 15 percent from 2005 and 7 percent below 2004.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of October totaled 330,000 head, up 6 percent from last year and 2 percent above October two years ago. Other disappearance during October totaled 10,000 head compared with 10,000 head during October 2005 and 5,000 head during October 2004.

Colorado: The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,120,000 head as of Nov. 1. The latest inventory was up 6 percent from October 1 and up 9 percent from the 1,030,000 on feed on Nov. 1, 2005.

Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 140,000 head of fed cattle during October 2006. This was 4 percent above the revised September 2006 marketings of 135,000 head, but 7 percent below a year ago.

An estimated 210,000 cattle and calves were placed on feed during October, 12 percent below the revised September 2006 placements, and 26 percent below last year's placements of 285,000. Of the October placements, 26 percent weighed less than 600 pounds, 24 percent weighed from 600 to 699 pounds, 21 percent weighed from 700 to 799 pounds, and 29 percent weighed 800 pounds and greater. Other disappearance for October, at 10,000 head, is 5,000 head more than last month and last year.

Texas: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.99 million head on Nov. 1, up 1 percent from a year ago. According to the monthly report released by the Texas Field Office, National Agricultural Statistics Service, the estimate was up 2 percent from the October 1 level. Producers placed 590,000 head in commercial feedlots during October, down 12 percent from a year ago but up 19 percent from the September 2006 total.

Texas commercial feeders marketed 510,000 head during October, down 2 percent from last year but unchanged from the previous month. On Nov. 1, there were 2.52 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 84 percent of the state's total. The number on feed across the area was up 2 percent from last year, and up 3 percent from the October total.

October placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 505,000 head, up 19 percent from the September total. Marketings were down 5 percent from last month to 418,000 head. Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 12.0 million head on Nov. 1. This inventory was 4 percent above Nov. 1, 2005.

Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.43 million head, 13 percent below October 2005. October placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds totaled 840,000 head; 600-699 pounds totaled 645,000 head; 700-799 pounds totaled 485,000 head; 800 pounds and greater totaled 455,000 head. Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.77 million head, 2 percent above 2005.

Kansas: The number of cattle on feed on Nov. 1 in Kansas feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.55 million head, up 6 percent from a year ago and up 4 percent from October 1.

Placements during October totaled 520,000 head, down 10 percent from a year ago but 4 percent above September 2006 placements of 500,000 head.

Marketings during October totaled 395,000 head, 1 percent below October 2005 and 6 percent below September 2006. Other disappearance was 25,000 head, up 5,000 from a year ago and the previous month. The percent of October placements by weight was: under 600 pounds, 35 percent; 600-699 pounds, 23 percent; 700-799 pounds, 24 percent; and 800 pounds or heavier, 18 percent.

Oklahoma: The inventory of cattle on feed was 360,000 head in Oklahoma on Nov. 1, for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, up 1 percent from the previous month, but unchanged from Nov. 1, 2005. Placements during October were 65,000, down 18 percent from one year ago. Marketing of fed cattle during October were 58,000, up 9 percent from the same month last year. Other disappearance during October totaled 2,000 head.

United States: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on Nov. 1. The inventory was 4 percent above Nov. 1, 2005 and 6 percent above Nov. 1, 2004. This is the highest Nov. 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.

Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.43 million, 13 percent below 2005 and 10 percent below 2004.

Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.77 million, 2 percent above 2005 but 2 percent below 2004. Other disappearance totaled 81,000 during October, 40 percent above 2005 and 23 percent above 2004.

Access the National publication for this release at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/livestock/pct-bbc/2006/cofd1106.pdf.

Date: 11/21/06

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