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Ag stats: Kansas cattle on feed down 7 percent in September 2022

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Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.36 million cattle on feed on October 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 7 percent from last year. 

Placements during September totaled 445,000 head, down 12 percent from 2021. 

Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 455,000 head, up 5 percent from last year. 

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