Cattle on feed inventory in Kansas is down 4% from last year.

According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.45 million cattle on feed on February 1. This inventory was down 4% from last year. Placements during January totaled 500,000 head, up 4% from 2022. Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 430,000 head, up 2% from last year. Other disappearance during January totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.