Cattle and calves on feed, in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 11.2 million head on Sept. 1. The inventory was 1% above the Sept. 1, 2023, count.

Placements in feedlots during August totaled 1.98 million head, 1% below 2023. Marketings of fed cattle during August totaled 1.82 million head, 4% below 2023.

In Iowa, the inventory of cattle and calves on feed in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more was 660,000, up 3% over last...