LINCOLN — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.55 million cattle on feed on Feb. 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 1% from last year.
Placements during January totaled 505,000 head, up 3% from 2023. Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 490,000 head, down 2% from last year.
Other disappearance during January totaled 25,000 head, up 5,000 head from last year.
