# Big supply and heavy carcasses— is there an end in sight?

> Feedyards placed 11.4 million head over the past six months, 976,000 more than a year earlier, and must market roughly 185,000 extra head per month through year end. September cash fed cattle prices rose to about $108-109 by late month, despite weak wholesale beef values.

- Date: 2017-10-05 · published 2017-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68599-big-supply-and-heavy-carcasses-is-there-an-end-in-sight
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy feedlot supply that must be sold in coming months pressures cattle prices and limits the feeding sector's ability to add pen capacity. Lower feeder demand would tighten the market for feed grains used in finishing rations.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefmagazine.com: https://www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/big-supply-and-heavy-carcasses-is-there-an-end-in-sight-

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