LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.66 million cattle on feed on February 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2 percent from last year.
Placements during January totaled 535,000 head, unchanged from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 460,000 head, down 1 percent from last year. Other disappearance during January totaled 15,000 head, up 5,000 head from last year.
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— USDA