Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.55 million cattle on feed May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
This inventory was up 2 percent from last year.
Placements during April totaled 445,000 head, unchanged from 2024.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 485,000 head, up 4 percent from last year.
Other disappearances during April totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.
However, despite Nebraska being up, the United States as a whole is down 2 percent, according to the USDA.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head May 1. The inventory was 2 percent below May 1, 2024.
Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.61 million head, 3 percent below 2024. Net placements were 1.56 million head.
During April, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 310,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 225,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 370,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 443,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 195,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 70,000 head.
Marketing of fed cattle during April totaled 1.83 million head, 3 percent below 2024.
Other disappearance totaled 50,000 head during April, 11 percent below 2024.
