LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska feedlots with capacities of 1,000
or more head contained 2.19 million cattle on feed as of June 1.
The Nebraska Field Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service says the inventory was up 2 percent from 2010.
Placements in feedlots during May totaled 340,000 head, down 11
percent from last year.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 495,000 head, up 9
percent from 2010.