Appendix
Appendix I: Sample Profile
1. Feedlot capacity
| Feedlot capacity (number head) | Number of responding feedlots |
|---|---|
| Small (50–499) | 536 |
| Medium (500–999) | 159 |
| Large (1,000–4,999) | 209 |
| Very Large (5,000 or more) | 121 |
| Total | 1,025 |
2. Regions
| Region | Number of responding feedlots |
|---|---|
| West (CA, ID, MT, ND, SD, UT, WA, WY) | 197 |
| Central (CO, KS, NE, OK, TX) | 235 |
| Midwest (IL, IA, MN, MO) | 375 |
| East (IN, MI, OH, PA, WI) | 218 |
| Total | 1,025 |
Appendix II: Target Population
1 Source: NASS, 2017 Census of Agriculture. State level estimates only available in conjunction with the Census of Agriculture every 5 years. These represent counts of operations by actual inventory of cattle on feed, rather than capacity.
2 Values with “>” denote values that are minimum counts. These are calculated by summing NASS 2017 Census of Agriculture estimates where at least one size category within the given inventory range and state was suppressed due to low sample size (suppressed estimates are not included in this count).
3 Values of NA denote values that are suppressed because operations with the given inventory were not sampled from the given state in this study.