Cattle on Feed - MN - Hay Prices

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CATTLE ON FEED INQUIRY - January 1, 2023
OMB No.0535-0213
Approval Expires: 4/30/2024
Project Code: 154
SurveyId:3991 Version 27

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - Minnesota
Upper Midwest Region
210 Walnut St., #833
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 1-800-772-0825
Fax: 1-855-271-9802
E-mail: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY
identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other applicable Federal laws.
For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response to this survey is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0535-0213. The time required to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

We need to know about all cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market, regardless of ownership, on the
total acres operated.
· INCLUDE cattle being fed by you for others.
· EXCLUDE any of your cattle being custom fed in feedlots operated by others.
· EXCLUDE cattle being "backgrounded only" for sale as feeders, for later placement on feed in another
feedlot, or to be returned to pasture.
· EXCLUDE "cows and bulls" on feed.
NUMBER
652
1. How many cattle and calves were on feed January 1, that will go directly from this operation to
the slaughter market?.............................................................................................................................

2. Of the TOTAL cattle and calves on feed (Item 1), how many were:
660
a. Steers and steer calves?........................................................................................................................
666
b. Heifers and heifer calves?......................................................................................................................

3. During December, how many cattle and calves:
653

a. were placed on feed in your feedlot(s)?..................................................................................................
654

b. were shipped to slaughter market from your feedlot(s)?.........................................................................
655

c. were shipped to someone else's feedlot(s)?...........................................................................................
656

d. were returned to grazing?.......................................................................................................................
657

e. died?.......................................................................................................................................................
4. Of the number placed [Item 3a], how many or what percent weighed:

PERCENT

HEAD

661

671

662

672

a. Less than 600 pounds?................................................................................
b. 600 - 699 pounds?.......................................................................................
663

c. 700 - 799 pounds?.......................................................................................

OR

682

692

683

693

684

694

d. 800 - 899 pounds?.......................................................................................
e. 900 - 999 pounds?.......................................................................................
f. 1,000 pounds and over?..............................................................................
TOTAL

673

100%

(Total must
equal Item 3a)

676

5. What was the total capacity of your feedlot(s) on January 1?
HAY PRICES: INCLUDE any size or type of dry hay bale but exclude hay bought as standing
hay.
· EXCLUDE all hay purchased from dealers or any source other than farmers.
· EXCLUDE straw, haylage, greenchop, and baleage.

TONS

289
6. How many tons of baled alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures did you purchase from other
farmers in December?......................................................................................................................

DOLLARS
181
7. What was the total amount you paid for the alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures purchased
from other farmers in December?.....................................................................................................

8. Was any of the baled alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures you purchased premium or supreme grade?

1

·

Premium grade: Early maturity, i.e., pre-bloom in legumes and pre-head in grass hays, extra leafy and
fine stemmed. Factors indicative of a high nutritive content. Hay is green and free of damage.

·

Supreme grade: Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft fine stemmed, extra leafy. Factors indicative of very
high nutritive content. Hay is excellent color and free of damage.

☐ Yes - Continue

3

☐ No - Skip to Item 9

2

494

☐ Don't Know - Skip to Item 9

TONS
290

a. How many tons of baled premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay did you purchase from
other farmers in December?.............................................................................................................
DOLLARS
182

b. What was the total amount you paid for the premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay
purchased from other farmers in December?...................................................................................
TONS
9. How many tons of other baled hay, including fescue, clover, bermuda, sudan, sudan crosses, 319
lespedeza, bahia, timothy, grain, ryegrass, other grass, other tame, and wild hays did you
purchase from other farmers in December?.....................................................................................
DOLLARS
10. What was the total amount you paid for the other baled hay purchased from other farmers in 187
December?.......................................................................................................................................
11. Has this operation (name on label) been sold, or turned over to someone else?
1

Yes - Identify the new operator(s)

No - Go to Item 12

3

Operation Name: _______________________________________________________________________________
Operator Name:_________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________
City: ______________________________________________ State: _____

Zip: ________________________
County:________________

☐ Check if cell phone.

Phone: (______) ________________________

a. Did this person operate land individually on June 1, 2022?

1

Yes

3

No

MM

DD

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12. Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to:
www.nass.usda.gov/results
To have a brief summary emailed to you, please enter your email address.
Respondent Name
9912
____________________________________________

1095

Respondent Phone
9911
(
) _____________________

check if 9910
cell phone
Date:
☐

Office Use 9909

YY

916

OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
S/E Name

Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Sp
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Oth

9902

Mode
1-PASI (Mail)
2-PATI (Tel)
3-PAPI (Face-toFace)
6-Email
7-Fax
19-Other

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

Change
9985

Office Use for POID
9989

R. Unit
9921

__ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

Optional Use
9907

9908

9906

9916