# September Cattle on Feed | Industry News | feedlotmagazine.com

> USDA's September Cattle on Feed report showed cattle on feed 0.6% above a year earlier as of September 1, with August placements 1.4% below last year. Fed cattle marketings for August were about 3.6% below year-ago levels, and figures came in close to pre-report estimates.

- Date: 2024-09-25 · published 2024-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28444-september-cattle-on-feed-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower marketings and placements near expectations suggest feedlot supplies are not expanding enough to pressure fed cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-01-29 | [Fewer Cattle on Feed \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8610-fewer-cattle-on-feed-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.5% | -4.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-10-27 | [Cattle on Feed Report Implications \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17192-cattle-on-feed-report-implications-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -3.0% | — |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-25 | [October Cattle on Feed Report Assessment \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8067-october-cattle-on-feed-report-assessment-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.0% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-02-05 | [Cattle Inventory Report \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25984-cattle-inventory-report-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.1% | -4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-04-27 | [Cattle Market Discussion \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19846-cattle-market-discussion-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | +0.6% | +3.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-11-29 | [Cattle on Feed \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68120-cattle-on-feed-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -4.3% | -6.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2018-05-25 | [‘Cattle on Feed’ report in line with expectations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11034-cattle-on-feed-report-in-line-with-expectations.md) | +7.3% | +9.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-28 | [Peel: Cattle on Feed numbers on consistent downward path \| Southwest Ledger](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24821-peel-cattle-on-feed-numbers-on-consistent-downward-path-southwest-ledger.md) | +1.0% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- feedlotmagazine.com: https://www.feedlotmagazine.com/news/industry_news/september-cattle-on-feed/article_b64be234-7ab2-11ef-9428-27fe366a9991.html

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