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Iowa Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent
Iowa Ag Connection - 10/23/2017

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 October 1, 2017, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Cattle on Feed report. This was up 2 percent from September 1, 2017, and up 14 percent from October 1, 2016. Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head had 435,000 head on feed, down 1 percent from last month and down 9 percent from last year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in all Iowa feedlots totaled 1,085,000 head, up less than 1 percent from last month and up 3 percent from last year.

Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during September totaled 106,000 head, an increase of 15 percent from last month and up 34 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head placed 70,000 head, up 71 percent from last month but down 3 percent from last year. Placements for all feedlots in Iowa totaled 176,000 head, up 32 percent from last month and up 17 percent from last year.

Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during September totaled 95,000 head, down 6 percent from last month but up 9 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head marketed 73,000 head, up 22 percent from last month but down 14 percent from last year. Marketings for all feedlots in Iowa were 168,000 head, up 4 percent from last month but down 2 percent from last year. Other disappearance from all feedlots in Iowa totaled 3,000 head.

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