Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or morehead, contained 2.58 million cattle on feed on December 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 1% from last year.

Placements during November totaled 490,000 head, down 3% from 2022.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of November totaled 440,000 head, down 8% from last year.

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