Crop Watch, April 18, 2008: USDA: Cattle Report <p>

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

April 18, 2008

USDA: Nebraska Cattle on Feed Down 1%; National Number Up Slightly

Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.45 million cattle on feed on April 1. This inventory was down 1% from last year but 2% above April 1, 2006. Placements in feedlots during March totaled 360,000 head, up 3% from 2007 and 7% above March 2006.

Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 390,000 head, up 5% from both last year and two years ago. This ties March 2000 for the highest March marketings since the series began in 1993. Other disappearance during March totaled 10,000 compared with 10,000 during March 2007 and 15,000 during March 2006.

National Report

Nationally. cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on April 1, 2008. The inventory was slightly above April 1, 2007 but 1% below April 1, 2006. This is the second highest April 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.

Placements in feedlots during March totaled 1.74 million, 11% below 2007 and 5% below 2006. Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 1.84 million, slightly below 2007 and 6% below 2006. Other disappearance totaled 63,000 during March, 12% below 2007 and 30% below 2006.

April 18, 2008, Nebraska Field Office
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

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© 2008 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. All rights reserved.

Published by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperating with the counties and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.