Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.42 million cattle on feed on December 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 3% from last year.
Placements during November totaled 400,000 head, up 4% from 2023. Fed cattle marketings for the month of November totaled 380,000 head, down 4% from last year.
Other disappearance during November totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.
