Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.4 million head on June 1, 2009. The inventory was four percent below June 1, 2008.
Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.64 million, 14 percent below 2008. Net placements were 1.54 million head. This is the second lowest placements for the month of May since the series began in 1996. During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 395,000, 600-699 pounds were 305,000, 700-799 pounds were 433,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 505,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.95 million, nine percent below 2008. This is the lowest fed cattle marketings for the month of May since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totaled 101,000 during May, 26 percent above 2008.
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Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest set
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Beef Camp set for June 5 in Buffalo, Mo.
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USPS will not close rural post offices
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Twilight horticulture tour set in Aurora
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Herbicides can help with pond weed problems
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Spring Crops Field Day set in Parsons
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K-State agronomy professor elected to leadership role
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NEO Ag Department named James Mabon award winner
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Vilsack highlights virtues of ag in Kan. visit
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March temperatures in Kansas second warmest on record
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