The following estimates, as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires for the nation's feedyards with a capacity of 1,000 or more head, are in percentages of the year-earlier figure. High and low projections were dropped in the calculation of averages. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report is scheduled for release at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Friday.

                               Average         Range 
                            of estimates    of estimates 
   On-feed June 1               100.7         98.8-101.9 
   Placed in May                114.2         99.4-118.6 
   Marketed in May              105.0        102.7-106.6 
 
Analyst                  On-Feed   Placements  Marketings 
                          June 1      in May    in May 
 
Allendale                 100.3       113.8     105.0 
Bob Price-N Am             98.8        99.4     103.6 
CattleHedging.com         100.8       115.3     105.6 
Drake Trading             101.9       118.6     102.7 
Frontier Risk             100.6       114.9     106.6 
HedgersEdge               101.2       117.8     106.6 
Linn Group                100.3       110.5     103.4 
LMIC                      100.9       114.0     104.2 
U of Mo                    99.8       109.4     105.0 
US Commodities            101.2       117.0     105.3 
Vaught Futures            101.0       115.0     106.0

-By Marshall Eckblad, Dow Jones Newswires; 312-750-4070; Marshall.Eckblad@dowjones.com

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June 20, 2012 09:21 ET (13:21 GMT)