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August cattle on feed numbers releasedIowa: There were 772,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market in all feedlots in Iowa on Aug. 1, down 4 percent from July 1, and virtually unchanged from Aug. 1, 2006. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head had 500,000 head on feed, down 2 percent from last month but up 12 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head had 272,000 head on feed, down 7 percent from last month, and down 17 percent from last year. Placements during July totaled 87,000 head, an increase of 21 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head placed 64,000 head, up 23 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head placed 23,000 head. This is up 15 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. Marketings for July were 113,000 head, up 23 percent from last month but down 7 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head marketed 73,000 head, up 20 percent from last month and unchanged from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head marketed 40,000 head, up 29 percent from last month, but down 17 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 3,000 head. Oklahoma: The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, was 305,000 head on Aug. 1, down 6 percent from the previous month, and down 12 percent from Aug. 1, 2006. Placements during July were 48,000, down 17 percent from one year ago. Marketings of fed cattle during July were 67,000, up 29 percent from the same month last year. Other disappearance during July totaled 1,000 head. Kansas: The number of cattle on feed on Aug. 1 in Kansas feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.1 million head, down 11 percent from a year ago and down 2 percent from July 1. Placements during July totaled 430,000 head, down 27 percent from a year ago but 15 percent above June 2007 placements of 375,000 head. Marketings during July totaled 450,000 head, 9 percent below July 2006 and 13 percent below June 2007. Other disappearance was 20,000 head, up 5,000 from a year ago and up 10,000 from the previous month. The percent of July placements by weight was: under 600 pounds, 17 percent; 600-699 pounds, 21 percent; 700-799 pounds, 33 percent; and 800 pounds or heavier, 29 percent. Texas: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.78 million head on Aug. 1, down 6 percent from a year ago. According to the monthly report released by the Texas Field Office, the estimate was unchanged from the July 1 level. Producers placed 390,000 head in commercial feedlots during July, down 19 percent from a year ago, and down 20 percent from the June 2007 total. Texas commercial feeders marketed 470,000 head during July, down 2 percent from last year and down 1 percent from last month. On July 1, there were 2.38 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 86 percent of the state's total. The number on feed across the area was down 5 percent from last year and down 3 percent from the July total. July placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 348,000 head, down 17 percent from the June total. Marketings were down 2 percent from last month to 406,000 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 10.3 million head on Aug. 1. This inventory was 5 percent below Aug. 1, 2006. Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.62 million head, 17 percent below July 2006. July placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds totaled 360,000 head; 600-699 pounds totaled 312,000 head; 700-799 pounds totaled 445,000 head; 800 pounds and greater totaled 505,000 head. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 2.0 million head, 3 percent above 2006. Nebraska: Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 1.91 million cattle on feed on Aug. 1, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. The inventory was down 2 percent from last year but 10 percent above Aug. 1, 2005. Placements in feedlots during July totaled 350,000 head, down 8 percent from 2006 but 8 percent above 2005. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 480,000 head, up 17 percent from last year and 19 percent above July two years ago. Other disappearance during July totaled 10,000 head the same as 2006 and 2005. South Dakota: South Dakota's 1,000-plus capacity feedlots reported 175,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market on Aug. 1, according to the South Dakota Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is up 10,000 head from a year earlier but down 22,000 head from a month earlier. Placements during July totaled 22,000 head, down 2,000 head from both last year and from June 2007. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 42,000 head, up 4,000 head from last year and up 3,000 head from June 2007. Other disappearance during July totaled 2,000 head, up 1,000 head from last year but down 1,000 from June 2007. 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 10.3 million head on Aug. 1. The inventory was 5 percent below Aug. 1, 2006 but 2 percent above Aug. 1, 2005. Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.62 million, 17 percent below 2006 and 3 percent below 2005. Net placements were 1.56 million. This is the lowest placements for the month of July since the series began in 1996. During July, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 360,000, 600- 699 pounds were 312,000, 700-799 pounds were 445,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 505,000. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 2.0 million, 3 percent above 2006 and 4 percent above 2005. Other disappearance totaled 61,000 during July, 5 percent above 2006 but unchanged from 2005. Date: 9/12/07
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