The number of cattle on feed in Kansas and Oklahoma feedlots is down slightly from last year. According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 2.44 million cattle on feed on May 1, which is down 2% from last year. Oklahoma feedlots totaled 250 thousand head on May 1, 2023, down 9 percent from a year ago. Kansas placements for April totaled 420,000 head, down 2% from 2022. Oklahoma placements were up, with 45 thousand head placed in commercial feedlots during April, up 7 percent from a year ago.