Cattle feeding on a Chatham-Kent Farm. (Photo by Simon Crouch)Cattle feeding on a Chatham-Kent Farm. (Photo by Simon Crouch)
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U-S Cattle On Feed Numbers Up - Placements Down

There were more cattle on feed in the U-S January 1st than there were a year ago.

The USDA says the 10 point 7 million head represents a 1 per cent increase from January 1st of 2014.

Placements in U-S feedlots in December were 8 per cent below 2013 at 1 point 54 million head.

Marketings of fed cattle in December in the U-S totalled 1 point 66 million head.

That's 5 per cent below the December 2013 marketings.

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