Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.37 million cattle on feed on February 1, according to the USDA’s, National Agricultural Statistics, Nebraska Field Office. This inventory was down 1 percent from last year.

Placements during January totaled 410,000 head, up 3 percent from 2009.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 380,000 head, up 6 percent from last year. Other disappearance during January totaled 20,000 head, compared to 10,000 head last year.