Oklahoma cattle on feed report, 04/01/2012

              United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Oklahoma Cattle on Feed Report
Oklahoma Field Office
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
P.O. Box 528804 · Oklahoma City, OK 73152-8804
(405) 522-6190 · FAX (405) 528-2296 · www.nass.usda.gov/ok
-over-
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Information provided by respondents on NASS surveys, will remain completely confidential, as required by
Federal law. NASS safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring that no individual producer or operation can be identified.
April 1, 2012 Inventory Issued April 20, 2012
Oklahoma Cattle on Feed Inventory Down 10 Percent from Last Year
Oklahoma:
The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with
capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 320 thousand head on
April 1, 2012, down 6 percent from the previous month and down
10 percent from April 1, 2011. Placements during March were
56,000, down 25 percent from one year ago. Marketings of fed
cattle during March were 74,000 head, down 5 percent from the
same month last year. Other disappearance during March totaled
2,000 head.
United States:
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United
States, for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled
11.5 million head on April 1, 2012, 2 percent above April 1, 2011.
Placements during March totaled 1.79 million, 6 percent above
one year ago. Net placements were 1.72 million head.
Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 1.92 million. Other
disappearance totaled 69,000 head during March.
Cattle on Feed: Number on Feed, Placements, Marketings and Other Disappearance,
1,000+ Head Capacity Feedlots, Oklahoma and United States, 2011-20121
Number on Feed Placements Marketings
Other
Disappearance
2011 2012
% Prev
Year
2011 2012
% Prev
Year
2011 2012
% Prev
Year
2011 2012
% Prev
Year
1,000 Head 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Head 1,000 Head Percent
OK
Jan 375 375 100 66 50 76 64 68 106 2 2 100
Feb 375 355 95 60 48 80 73 61 84 2 2 100
Mar 360 340 94 75 56 75 78 74 95 2 2 100
Apr 355 320 90 76 74 2
May 355 66 65 1
Jun 355 62 65 2
Jul 350 86 74 2
Aug 360 75 67 3
Sep 365 88 79 4
Oct 370 86 63 3
Nov 390 60 61 4
Dec 385 45 52 3
U.S.
Jan 11,513 11,861 103 1,889 1,847 98 1,774 1,816 102 57 81 142
Feb 11,571 11,811 102 1,667 1,714 103 1,791 1,755 98 61 93 152
Mar 11,386 11,677 103 1,914 1,792 94 1,990 1,918 96 53 69 130
Apr 11,257 11,482 102 1,785 1,807 60
May 11,175 1,810 2,002 81
Jun 10,902 1,695 2,092 72
Jul 10,433 2,135 1,918 71
Aug 10,579 2,246 2,053 72
Sep 10,700 2,469 1,813 74
Oct 11,282 2,492 1,787 98
Nov 11,889 2,037 1,774 97
Dec 12,055 1,673 1,776 91
1 Number on feed as of the 1st of the month.