New Year Started With Two Percent More Cattle On Feed
January 22, 2024 12:56PM CST
America’s largest feedlots started the year with 11,930,000 cattle on hand. USDA’s Cattle on Feed report Friday afternoon says that was a two-percent gain from the start of last year. Placements during December slowed down four percent to 1,704,000, while marketings were off slightly from the previous year at 1,725,000.