LINCOLN - Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.56 million cattle on feed on Jan. 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 2% from last year.
Placements during December totaled 435,000 head, down 7% from 2022.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of December totaled 440,000 head, down 6% from last year.
Other disappearance during December totaled 15,000 head, up 5,000 head from last year.
