Cattle on Feed Report     06/20  14:51

June 1 Cattle on Feed Down 1% From Year Ago, Placements Down 8%
By DTN Staff

                      USDA Actual   Average Estimate       Range
On Feed June 1           99.0%           99.0%        98.1-99.6%
Placed in May            94.9%           94.9%        88.0-97.7%
Marketed in May          90.3%           90.3%        89.3-95.0%

This article was originally published at 2:12 p.m. CDT on 
Friday, June 20. It was last updated with additional information 
at 2:51 p.m. CDT on Friday, June 20.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter 
market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 
or more head totaled 11.4 million head on June 1, 2025. The 
inventory was 1% below June 1, 2024, USDA NASS reported on 
Friday.

Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.89 million head, 8% 
below 2024. Net placements were 1.82 million head. During May, 
placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds 
were 335,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 275,000 head, 700-799 
pounds were 450,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 516,000 head, 900-
999 pounds were 230,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 
80,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.76 million head, 
10% below 2024.

Other disappearance totaled 62,000 head during May, unchanged 
from 2024.

DTN ANALYSIS

"Friday's Cattle on Feed report should be received as another 
bullish feather for the market to tuck inside its hat," said DTN 
Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart. "The only minute difference 
that the actual data had compared to pre-report estimates was in 
the placement data, which came in 2 percentage points lighter 
(1,886,000 head) than originally assumed. Of the major feeding 
states, it was interesting to note the stark differences in 
placements between the states. Nebraska placements were steady 
compared to a year ago, Kansas placements were down 3%, Iowa 
placements were up 1%, but Texas placements were down 17% 
compared to a year ago, and Oklahoma placements were down 22% 
compared to a year ago. It's likely that both Texas and Oklahoma 
are seeing such drastic drops in placements because of the 
import ban on all Mexican cattle."

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also available at https://www.nass.usda.gov/.