SD-CROP-LIVESTOCK

NEWS RELEASE
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
South Dakota Field Office - Sioux Falls, SD

Media contact:  South Dakota Office, 605/323-6500
Email:  nass-sd@nass.usda.gov


CATTLE ON FEED INVENTORY UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR


SIOUX FALLS, May 19, 2006 -- South Dakota’s 1,000+ capacity 
feedlots reported 200,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter 
market on May 1, according to the South Dakota office of 
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  The May 1 
number is unchanged from one year ago but down 10,000 head 
from April 2006.

Placements during April totaled 28,000 head, up 1,000 head 
from last year but down 8,000 head from March. 

Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 35,000 head, 
up 4,000 head from last year but unchanged from March.

Other disappearance during April totaled 3,000 head, up 2,000 
head from last year and last month.


Access this complete report at:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/livestock/pct-bbc/2006/cofd0506.pdf