date:Mar 31, 2014
report said that February placements were up 14.7% while marketings were down 3.4% giving a March 1 cattle on feed inventory that is down 0.5% compared to last year.
This week's cattle slaughter totaled 585,000 head, up 1.7% from the previous week, but down 2.2% from the corresponding week last year. The average steer dressed weight for the week ending on March 15 was 856 pounds, down 2 pounds from the week before and the same as a year earlier.
Feeder cattle prices at this week's Oklahoma Cit