date:Mar 25, 2014
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 10.8 million head on March 1, which is 1 percent below the year-ago total, the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service reported.
Feedlot placements during February advanced 15 percent to 1.65 million, NASS reported. Net placements totaled 1.58 million head. For February, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 lbs. were 390,000, 600-699 lbs. were 330,