sd-crop-livestock

                         CATTLE ON FEED



News Release                                      June 17, 2005

                       
                       
             CATTLE ON FEED INVENTORY DOWN FROM  MAY



SIOUX FALLS, June 17, 2005 -- South Dakota's 1,000+ capacity
feedlots reported 186,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market
on June 1, according to the USDA's South Dakota Agricultural
Statistics Service.  The June 1 number is down 2,000 head from
a year ago and down 14,000 head from last month.

Placements during May totaled 28,000 head, unchanged from last 
year but up 1,000 head from April 2005.

Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 38,000 head, up 1,000 
head from a year earlier and up 7,000 head from April 2005.

Other disappearance during May totaled 4,000 head, up 1,000 head 
from last year and up 3,000 from last month.




  The complete report can be accessed at www.usda.gov/nass/
         or call Carter Anderson or Steve Noyes at
                       605-323-6500