LINCOLN — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.55 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% 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% from last year.
Other disappearance during April totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.
United States Cattle on Feed Down 2% Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on May 1, 2025. The inventory was 2% below May 1, 2024.
Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.61 million head, 3% 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.
Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 1.83 million head, 3% below 2024.
Other disappearance totaled 50,000 head during April, 11% below 2024.
