QID Cattle on Feed - TX - Hay Prices

CATTLE ON FEED INQUIRY - January 1, 2020
OMB No.0535-0213
Approval Expires: 6/30/2020
Project Code: 154
SurveyId:3991 Version 48

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - Texas
Southern Plains Region
PO Box 70
Austin, TX 78767-0070
Phone: 1-800-626-3142
Fax: 1-855-270-2725
E-mail: NASSRFOSPR@usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses 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 provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your
information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response 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
a. Less than 600 pounds?...........................................................................................

671

662
b. 600 - 699 pounds?..................................................................................................

672

663
c. 700 - 799 pounds?..................................................................................................

OR

673

682
d. 800 - 899 pounds?..................................................................................................

692

683
e. 900 - 999 pounds?..................................................................................................

693

684
1,000 pounds and over?.........................................................................................

694

f.

TOTAL
OVER PLEASE

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 straw, haylage, greenchop, and baleage, and all hay purchased from dealers or any
source other than farmers.

TONS

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

DOLLARS
7. What was the total amount you paid for the alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures purchased from other 181
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
319
9. How many tons of other baled hay, including fescue, clover, bermuda, sudan, sudan crosses,
lespedeza, bahia, timothy, grain, ryegrass, other grass, other tame, and wild hays did you purchase
from other farmers in December?...................................................................................................................

DOLLARS
187
10. What was the total amount you paid for the other baled hay purchased from other farmers in
December?.....................................................................................................................................................

11. Has this operation been sold or turned over to someone else?
1☐

Yes - Continue

3

a. What is the name of the new operator(s)?

☐ No - Skip to Item 12

Operation Name: _________________________________
Address: ________________________________________
City: ___________________ State: ____ Zip: ________
Phone: (______) _____________________

b. Did this person operate land individually in this State on June 1, 2019?
1☐

Yes - Continue

3

☐

No - Continue

Comments:______________________________________________________________________________________
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address.
Office Use

Respondent Name:

1095

916

9909

9911

9910

MM

DD

YY

Phone: (____) _____-______

Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

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

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Optional Use
9907

9908

9906

9916