LINCOLN — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.59 million cattle on feed on Feb. 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year.
Placements during January totaled 535,000 head, up 6% from 2024. Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 510,000 head, up 4% from last year. Other disappearance during January totaled 15,000 head, down 10,000 head from last year.
