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Cattle on Feed showed September feedlot placements at a record low and marketings at historically slow levels. Cattle futures rallied after the report, which was viewed as bullish.
Record-low placements reduce future fed cattle supply, supporting cattle prices and tightening demand for feed rations in the coming months.
beefmagazine.comOct 30, 2026After 268 past bullish report events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.4%), and +1.7% over 20.
After 227 past bullish report events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (57% higher; middle half -1.2% to +1.5%), and +1.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
