Record number of cattle in feedlots in June 2022
7/3/2022 3:09:02 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Start Date: 6/1/2022
- End Date: 6/30/2022
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report showed June feedlot inventories of 11.846 million head, 101.2 percent of one year ago. This is a record level of June feedlot cattle since the data series began in 1996. Of the top four cattle feeding states, the number of cattle in feedlots compared to the previous year was up 3% in Texas, 4% in Nebraska, down 1% in Kansas and up 1% in Colorado. These four states have 76.4% of the total feedlot inventories. Feedlot numbers are decreasing seasonally with the June 1 level lower for the fourth straight month from the record February feedlot inventory of 12.199 million head.
Drought has likely been a significant factor in the higher heifer slaughter in 2021 and 2022.
Drovers Cattle Network (Lenexa, Kan.), June 28, 2022
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