SIOUX FALLS, SD, November 21, 2014 — South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more

head, contained 230,000 cattle on feed on November 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural

Statistics Service. This inventory was up 15 percent from last year.

Placements during October totaled 84,000 head, up 42 percent from 2013.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of October totaled 43,000 head, up 13 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during October totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from last year.

Access the National publication for this release at:

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CattOnFe//2010s/2014/CattOnFe-11-21-2014.pdf

Find agricultural statistics for your county, State, and the Nation at http://www.nass.usda.gov.

–S.D. National Ag Statistics Service