Mixed year for US feeders

摘要

PEN space in the US feedlot industry's 30 largest cattle feeding operations declined slightly in 2009, mainly because of the exit of Heritage Feeders from the group. According to an annual survey conducted by the authoritative US Cattle Buyers Weeklypublication, one-time feeding capacity in the Top 30 US operations is currently 5.609 million head in 122 feedlots. This is 83,000 head less than the 5.692m head in 119 feedlots a year ago. The top 10 operations increased their onetime capacity by 15,000 head to 3.218m head.