The inventory included 6.87 million steers and steer calves, down 1 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 66 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 3.49 million head, up 5 percent from 2015.
At 6.78 million head, Kansas, Nebraska and Texas feedlots held nearly 65 percent of the U.S. total, according to USDA’s Cattle on Feed report, released July 22.
June placements totaled 1.53 million head (1.46 million net), up 3 percent from a year earlier. Placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 290,000 head; 600-699 pounds were 255,000 head; 700-799 pounds were 340,000 head; and 800 pounds and greater were 640,000 head.
June fed cattle marketings totaled 1.91 million head, 9 percent more than June 2015. Other disappearance totaled 61,000 head during June, 12 percent less than 2015. 
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