U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent:

Cattle on feed for the slaughter in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on January 1, 2022. Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.96 million head - 6 percent above 2020.  Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.86 million head - slightly above 2020.  Other disappearance totaled 54,000 head during December - 10 percent below 2020. ...