Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on June 1, 2018. The inventory was 4 percent above June 1, 2017. This is the highest June 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.73 million head on June 1, 2018, up 3 percent from a year ago. Producers placed 570 thousand head in commercial feedlots during May, down 11 percent from a year ago. Texas commercial feeders marketed 460 thousand head during May, up 5 percent from 2017. Click or tap here to read the full USDA NASS Cattle on Feed US report.

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.73 million head on June 1, 2018, up 3 percent from a year ago. Producers placed 570 thousand head in commercial feedlots during May, down 11 percent from a year ago. Texas commercial feeders marketed 460 thousand head during May, up 5 percent from 2017.

On June 1, there were 2.39 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 87 percent of the state’s total. The number on feed across the area was up 2 percent from last year and up 4 percent from the May 1 total. May placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 499 thousand head, up 51 percent from the April total. Marketings were up 3 percent from last month at 395 thousand head. Click or tap here to read the full USDA TEXAS Cattle on Feed report from June 22, 2018.