South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 195,000 cattle on feed on June 1, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 11% from last year.
Placements during May totaled 28,000 head, down 10% from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of May totaled 47,000 head, up 12% from last year.
Other disappearance during May totaled 6,000 head, up 2,000 head from last year.
