# Cattle on Feed report pushes feeders south | Western Livestock Journal

> Fed cattle traded $2-3 higher in late September with live prices of $103-109 and dressed prices of $165-169. The Cattle on Feed report showed August placements up 9% from a year earlier, and feeder futures were erratic afterward.

- Date: 2020-10-02 · published 2020-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50773-cattle-on-feed-report-pushes-feeders-south-western-livestock-journal
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher placements add to future fed supply and pressure cattle prices, while feeder futures moved lower on the report, a signal that the cattle complex is weighing supply against steady beef demand.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-09-30 | [Prices Steady On Wisconsin Livestock - Mid-West Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39732-prices-steady-on-wisconsin-livestock-mid-west-farm-report.md) | +0.4% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-11-20 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7972-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.9% | -5.1% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | -1.8% | +0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-20 | [Market confusion overshadows cattle report \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54266-market-confusion-overshadows-cattle-report-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | +5.8% | -2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-03-26 | [Do we have a placement prediction problem? \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66162-do-we-have-a-placement-prediction-problem-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.3% | -0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-04-09 | [Rising feed prices impact cattle markets \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47743-rising-feed-prices-impact-cattle-markets-western-livestock-journal.md) | -4.8% | -11.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-05-23 | [Markets dally before COF report \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5753-markets-dally-before-cof-report-western-livestock-journal.md) | +2.0% | -0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-10-27 | [Pete's Comments: Speed bump \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33775-pete-s-comments-speed-bump-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.9% | -8.8% |

## Sources

- wlj.net: https://www.wlj.net/cattle-on-feed-report-pushes-feeders-south/

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