The USDA is reporting a 1 per cent increase in the number of cattle and calves on feed in the 'States compared to a year ago.
The department's latest Cattle On Feed report puts the number at 10 point 9 million head, as of December 1st.
There were 1 point 79 million placements in feedlots in November - about 4 per cent fewer than in 2013.
The USDA says that's the second lowest placements for November since at least 1996.
Marketings of fed cattle in the U-S in November totalled 1 point 48 million - 11 per cent fewer than in 2013.
That's also the lowest November figure since at least 1996.
