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                       CATTLE ON FEED        


News Release                                    July 22, 2005



               CATTLE ON FEED DOWN FROM JUNE




SIOUX FALLS, July 22, 2005 -- South Dakota's 1,000+ capacity
feedlots reported 161,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market 
on July 1, according to the USDA's South Dakota Agricultural
Statistics Service.  This is down 12,000 head from a year earlier
and down 25,000 head from last month.
                              
Placements during June totaled 26,000 head, up 6,000 head from
last year but down 2,000 head from May.

Marketings of fed cattle during June totaled 48,000 head, up
14,000 head from a year ago and up 10,000 head from May.

Other disappearance during June totaled 3,000 head, up 2,000
head from last year but down 1,000 from May.

Steers totaled 75,000 head, 47 percent of the total cattle on feed. 
Heifers totaled 69,000 head, 43 percent of the total cattle on feed. 
Bulls and cows totaled 17,000 head, 10 percent of the total cattle
on feed.


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