Ag stats: August 2022 Kansas cattle on feed

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Published Sunday, September 25, 2022

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.38 million cattle on feed on September 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 4 percent from last year. 

Placements during August totaled 535,000 head, up 1 percent from 2021. 

Fed cattle marketings for the month of August totaled 485,000 head, up 5 percent from last year. 

Other disappearance during August totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.

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