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KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Kansas Department of Agriculture
632 SW Van Buren, Rm. 200, PO Box 3534
Topeka, KS 66601-3534
Phone: 785-233-2230
Released: April 16, 1999
Volume 99, No. 04
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                                INCLUDED IN
                                THIS ISSUE:
                                   CATTLE
                                  ON FEED
                              MILK PRODUCTION
                                   TURKEY
                                  HATCHERY
                                    WOOL
                                 PRODUCTION
                                  & VALUE
                                 SLAUGHTER
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                           KANSAS CATTLE ON FEED
The number of cattle on feed on April 1, 1999, in Kansas feedlots with
1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.07 million head (see table 1), down 1
percent from the total a year ago but 2 percent from the total on hand
March 1, 1999, according to Kansas Agri-cultural Statistics. The inventory
included 1.20 million steers and steer calves, which accounted for 58
percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves were estimated at
860,000 head, or nearly 42 percent of the inventory, which is the highest
ratio of heifers and heifer calves for an April 1 inventory since 1992, the
start of the 1,000 plus series. Cows and bulls equaled 10,000 head on feed.
Placements during March totaled 430,000 head, up 19 percent from from a
year ago and 13 percent above February placements of 380,000 head.
Marketings during March totaled 370,000 head, up 3 percent from March 1998
and the same level as the February 1999 marketings of 370,000. Other
disappearance was 10,000 head, down 50 percent from the total a year ago
but unchanged from March 1999. The percent of March placements by weight
was: under 600 pounds, 11 percent; 600-699 pounds, 24 percent; 700-799
pounds, 43 percent; and 800 pounds or heavier, 22 percent.
Table 1-- CATTLE ON FEED, PLACEMENTS, MARKETINGS, AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCE,
1,000+ Capacity Feedlots 1/
             Number on Feed 2/                                Other Dis-
                                       March        March     appearance
                                    Placements   Marketings   During Mar.
  State               April 1                                     3/
          Mar. 1
          1999                 % of
                  1998   1999       1998   1999  1998  1999  1998   1999
                               '98
         -----1,000 Head-----  (%)   -------------------------------1,000
                                    Head------------------------------ -
 AZ          203   212    214  101     25    39    25    27     8       1
 CA          385   370    385  104     50    55    45    50    10       5
 CO        1,130 1,000  1,120  112    190   240   210   240    10      10
 ID          275   285    280   98     55    58    37    49     3       4
 IA         *360   325    360  111     26    57    50    56     1       1
 KS        2,020 2,100  2,070   99    360   430   360   370    20      10
 NE        2,160 2,060  2,180  106    290   380   340   350    10      10
 NM          107    91     94  103     12    13    28    24     1       2
 OK          365   370    345   93     80    69    80    86     5       3
 SD          184   167    182  109     29    45    30    46     5       1
 TX        2,610 2,540  2,560  101    480   530   550   565    10      15
 WA          181   178    179  101     47    46    38    42     6       6
 Other
 States      430   420    415   99     65    59    80    71     5       3
 7-St 4/  *8,868 8,607  8,889  103   1,421 1,731 1,580 1,658   69      52
    U.S.  *10,41010,118 10,384 103   1,709 2,021 1,873 1,976   94      71
1/ Missing data not available. 2/ Being fattened for slaughter market on
grain or other concentrates to grade select or better. 3/ Includes death
losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and shipments to other feedlots.
4/ Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas. *
Revised.
                            U.S. CATTLE ON FEED
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States from
feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.38 million head on
April 1, 1999 (see table 1). The inventory was 3 percent above April 1,
1998, but slightly below April 1, 1997. The inventory included 6.28 million
steers and steer calves, up 2 percent from the previous year. This group
accounts for 61 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves
accounted for 4.05 million head, up 4 percent from 1998. Placements in
feedlots during March totaled 2.02 million, 18 percent above 1998, and 3
percent above 1997. Net placements were 1.95 million. During March,
placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 357,000,
600-699 pounds were 468,000, 700-799 pounds were 739,000, and 800 pounds
and greater were 457,000. Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled
1.98 million, 5 percent above 1998 and 12 percent above 1997. Other
disappearance totaled 71,000 during March, 24 percent below 1998 and 17
percent below 1997. Cattle on feed April 1, 1999, in the historic 7 monthly
states for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 8.89
million, up 3 percent from the previous year but slightly below April 1,
1997. The inventory included 5.33 million steers and steer calves, up 2
percent from the previous year. This group accounts for 60 percent of the
total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 3.53 million head,
up 6 percent from 1998. Placements in feedlots during March totaled 1.73
million, 22 percent above 1998 and 2 percent above 1997. Marketings during
March totaled 1.66 million, 5 percent above 1998 and 11 percent above 1997.
Other disappearance during March was 52,000 head, 25 percent below 1998 and
16 percent below 1997.
Table 2-- CATTLE ON FEED: NUMBER PLACED ON FEED BY WEIGHT GROUP, 1,000+
CAPACITY FEEDLOTS
                            Placed in February
 State  Under 600    600-699    700-799    800 Plus      Total
        1998  1999 1998  1999  1998  1999 1998  1999  1998   1999
        -------------------------------------------------1,000 Head
            -------------------------------------------------
 CO       16    50   30    55    80    82   64    53    190    240
 KS       28    45  108   105   156   185   68    95    360    430
 NE       17    38   54    67   102   148  117   127    290    380
 TX       77   109  187   165   168   204   48    52    480    530
 Other    85   115   69    76   100   120  135   130    389    441
 US      223   357  448   468   606   739  432   457  1,709  2,021
Table 3-- CATTLE ON FEED: NUMBER ON FEED BY CLASS, 1,000+ FEEDLOTS,
by Quarter, State, and United States, 1996-96 1/
           Steer & Steer Calves     Heifers & Heifer     Cows and Bulls
                                        Calves
   State    Apr.           Apr.   Apr.            Apr.  Apr.  Jan.   Apr.
             1,   Jan. 1    1,     1,    Jan. 1    1,    1,     1     1,
           1998    1999   1999    1998   1999    1999   1998  1999  1999
            --------------------------------------------------1,000 Head
                 -------------------------------------------------
 CO          580     675    695    415      460    420     5     5      5
 KS        1,310   1,260  1,200    780      840    860    10    10     10
 NE        1,245   1,220  1,280    800      870    885    15    20     15
 TX        1,400   1,520  1,380  1,139    1,199  1,179     1     1      1
 Other     1,653   *1786   1728    745     *784    709    20    17     17
 States
 U.S.      6,188  *6,461  6,283  3,879   *4,153  4,053    51    53     48
1/ Missing data not available. * Revised.
                            U.S. MILK PRODUCTION
Milk production in the 20 major states during March totaled 12.1 billion
pounds, up 4.0 percent from production in these same states in March 1998.
February revised production, at 10.8 billion pounds, was up 4.0 percent
from February 1998. Production per cow in the 20 major states averaged
1,577 pounds for March, 62 pounds above March 1998.
The number of cows on farms in the 20 major states was 7.70 million head,
5,000 head less than March 1998 but 2,000 head more than February 1999.
The January-March quarterly production of milk for the U.S. was 40.5
billion pounds, up 3.3 percent from the January-March period in 1998. The
average number of milk cows in the U.S. during the January-March quarter
was 9.13 million head, 42,000 head less than the same period a year
earlier.
                              TURKEY HATCHERY
Turkey eggs in incubators on April 1, 1999, in the United States totaled
34.1 million, up 2 percent from April 1 a year ago. Eggs in incubators were
up 4 percent from the March 1 total of 32.8 million. Regional percent
changes from the previous year were: EN Central, up 5; WN Central, up 14; N
& S Atlantic, down 11; S Central, unchanged; and West, up 7 percent. The
26.0 million poults placed during March 1999 in the United States were down
2 percent from the placements during the same month a year ago. Placements
were up 10 percent from the February 1999 total of 23.6 million. Regional
percent changes from the previous year were; EN Central, unchanged; WN
Central, up 6; N & S Atlantic, down 11; S Central, down 2; and West, up 5.
                              WOOL PRODUCTION
Kansas shorn wool production during 1998, as shown in table 4, was 650,000
pounds, down 6 percent from a year earlier. Sheep shorn, at 93,000 head,
showed a 5 percent decrease from 1997. Average fleece weight from shorn
wool was 7.0 pounds per head, unchanged from 1997. The average price paid
for wool sold in 1998 was $0.42 per pound, down 16 cents from 1997. Total
value of shorn wool was $273,000, down 32 percent from 1997. U.S. shorn
wool production during 1998 was 49.2 million pounds, down 8 percent from
1997. Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 6.43 million head, a decrease of 8
percent from 1997. The average price paid for wool sold in 1998 was 60
cents per pound for a total value of $29.4 million, down 35 percent from
$44.9 million in 1997.
Table 4-- WOOL PRODUCTION AND VALUE
 Year     Sheep     Weight per      Shorn Wool       Price per    Value
        Shorn 1/     Fleece         Production        Pound
       1,000 Head    Pounds        1,000 Pounds      Dollars    1,000 Dol.
 Kansas
 1997          98     7.00                    690      .58            400
 1998          93     7.00                    650      .42            273
 United States
 1997    6,959 .9     7.70                 53,578      .84         44,909
 1998    6,426 .1     7.70                 49,239      .60         29,406
1/ Includes shearing at commercial feedyards.
               RED MEAT AND PORK PRODUCTION SET RECORD HIGHS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.54 billion
pounds in February, up 2 percent from the 3.48 billion pounds produced in
February 1998 and slightly higher than the previous record high for
February set in 1996.
Beef production, at 2.00 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.72 million head, down 1 percent from 1998.
The average live weight was up 17 pounds from the previous year, at 1,221
pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.50 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous
record high for February set last year. Hog kill totaled 7.90 million head,
3 percent above 1998. The average live weight was 1 pound above the
previous year, at 259 pounds.
January - February red meat production was 7.4 billion pounds, 1 percent
higher than the comparable figure a year earlier. Accumulated beef
production was 1 percent higher than last year, veal was down 23 percent,
pork was up 1 percent, and lamb and mutton was down 9 percent.
February 1998 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4
Saturdays. February 1999 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and
4 Saturdays.
Ron Sitzman & John Cole, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician
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