The latest USDA cattle on feed report caught most industry watchers off guard with a 16 percent year-over-year increase in the number of cattle placed into feedlots in June.
“Placements were surprisingly big,” said Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist.
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