: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Over 2,200 victims, including cattle purchasers, ranchers and feedlots, have been identified nationwide.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in the state operate on a cow-calf model, where a permanent herd of beef cows raise calves from birth to weaning before the calves are sold to other operations, including feedlots.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Over 2,200 victims, including cattle purchasers, ranchers and feedlots, have been identified nationwide.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in the state operate on a cow-calf model, where a permanent herd of beef cows raise calves from birth to weaning before the calves are sold to other operations, including feedlots.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feedlot. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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feedlot
noun
feed·lot
ˈfēd-ˌlät 
: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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