Cattle Feedlot Inventories Keep Shrinking

Randall Weiseman June 22, 2009 Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

USDA released their monthly Cattle on Feed report last Friday which shows the number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. totaled 10.4 million head on June 1 which is 4 percent below last year. USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said the numbers of cattle will continue to diminish until the conditions are right for producers to retain cows for breeding.

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