Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.56 million cattle on feed on November 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year.
Placements during October totaled 625,000 head, up 12% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of October totaled 435,000 head, down 5% from last year.
Other disappearance during October totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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