In the Cattle Markets: Fewer Cattle on Feed....

Nov. 25, 2013

Tim Petry, Livestock Economist

North Dakota State University Extension Service

 

Fewer Cattle on Feed Will Reduce Beef Production

 

USDA-NASS released the monthly Cattle on Feed report on November 22. The number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 10.607 million head on Nov. 1. The inventory was almost 6% below Nov. 1, 2012, and marks the 15^th consecutive month with lower cattle on feed numbers than the previous year. And it was the lowest number of Nov. 1 cattle on feed since the data series began in 1996

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