Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.47 million cattle on feed on October 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year.

Placements during September totaled 610,000 head, unchanged from 2023.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 450,000 head, unchanged from last year.

Other disappearanc…