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Cattle counts up from last year on large feedlots
Inventory higher than start of ‘22 or ‘23, according to USDA
DES MOINES — Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 630,000 head on Jan. 1, 2024, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service — Cattle on Feed report. This was down 2 percent from December but up 2 percent from Jan. 1, 2023.
Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 83,000 head, down 6 percent from November and down 1 percent from last year. Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 92,000 head, down 5 percent from November but unchanged from last year. Other disappearance from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head in Iowa totaled 1,000 head.
Iowa cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head estimates will be released on Jan. 31, 2024.
