Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.33 million cattle on feed on December 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 6 percent from last year. 

Placements during November totaled 420,000 head, down 3 percent from 2021. 

Fed cattle marketings for the month of November totaled 410,000 head, down 10 percent from last year. 

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