# Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed

> A USDA-based outlook notes that the US on-feed cattle inventory was about 1% smaller than a year earlier but more than 4% larger than two years prior. Heifers on feed rose just over 2% year over year, and feeders placed more cattle in the 600 to 799 pound weight classes. Placements of very heavy and very light feeders declined.

- Date: 2019-01-01 · published 2019-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61233-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

More heifers on feed add to beef supply later, which can weigh on cattle prices over time. Shifts in placement weights affect feed demand for corn and other rations.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-10-31 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56728-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed-center-for-commercial-agriculture.md) | +3.8% | +6.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-11-29 | [Cattle on Feed \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68120-cattle-on-feed-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -0.7% | +1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-05-28 | [Placements of Cattle on Feed up 6% \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19413-placements-of-cattle-on-feed-up-6-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | -1.7% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-02 | [Cattle on Feed report pushes feeders south \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50773-cattle-on-feed-report-pushes-feeders-south-western-livestock-journal.md) | +1.5% | -1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-11-20 | [Cattle on Feed Continues Strong Placements \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68133-cattle-on-feed-continues-strong-placements-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american.md) | -1.1% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-31 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56728-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed-center-for-commercial-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | -1.8% |
| 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 | 2023-12-28 | [Real feeder cattle prices lag \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32847-real-feeder-cattle-prices-lag-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.302029

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