# National feeder and stocker cattle report | Capital Press

> Feeder and stocker cattle receipts were 475,200 head versus 405,900 a week earlier. The September and October feeder contracts fell 4.675 cents for the week after the Cattle on Feed report showed July placements at 111 percent of a year earlier.

- Date: 2020-08-28 · published 2020-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51750-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier-than-expected placements add feeder supply ahead of fall, which is bearish for feeder cattle prices and signals stronger future feed demand from feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2020-03-13 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9943-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.5% | +0.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-02-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12521-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +0.8% | -1.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-11-22 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7039-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.2% | -0.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-05-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47235-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +10.0% | +17.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-01 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8081-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -1.7% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47235-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +0.1% | +4.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-02-28 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12521-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -3.8% | -7.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-13 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9943-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -4.4% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2020/08/28/national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-112/

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