# U.S Oat Stocks Tighten

> USDA's September 1 stocks report showed 71.8 million bushels of US oats, down 8.6% from a year earlier and the second lowest for that date since 1975/76. Stocks made up 34.8% of 2017/18 supplies, the lowest share in four years. December oat futures ended higher at $2.52 1/2.

- Date: 2017-10-02 · published 2017-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68508-u-s-oat-stocks-tighten
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight old-crop supplies raise the likelihood of higher US oat imports in the upcoming WASDE, which supports prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2026-08-01 | [Oat price upheaval unlikely, despite tightening supply in 2026-27](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18394-oat-price-upheaval-unlikely-despite-tightening-supply-in-2026-27.md) | +0.2% | +12.4% |
| OATS | 2026-07-22 | [Oat price upheaval unlikely, despite tightening supply in 2026-27 - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18396-oat-price-upheaval-unlikely-despite-tightening-supply-in-2026-27-grainews.md) | -5.9% | -0.5% |
| OATS | 2025-05-26 | [North American Oat Ending Stocks Flirting with Record Low Levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24712-north-american-oat-ending-stocks-flirting-with-record-low-levels.md) | +7.1% | +2.5% |
| OATS | 2019-02-25 | [A Look at AAFC's February Ending Stocks Estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60650-a-look-at-aafc-s-february-ending-stocks-estimates.md) | -6.6% | +2.8% |
| OATS | 2026-05-28 | [Analyst insight: UK grain supplies tightening \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19332-analyst-insight-uk-grain-supplies-tightening-ahdb.md) | -12.0% | -18.1% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/Ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2017/10/02/u-s-oat-stocks-tighten

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