# U.S. September cattle placements surge - Grainews

> USDA reported September cattle placements into US feedlots at 2.15 million head, up 13.5% from a year earlier and above the average analyst forecast of 2.046 million. The feedlot cattle supply on October 1 was 10.813 million head, up 5.4%, and analysts expected a 4.6% rise.

- Date: 2017-10-21 · published 2017-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68605-u-s-september-cattle-placements-surge-grainews
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Placements above forecast and a larger feedlot supply point to heavier near-term marketings, which pressures live and feeder cattle prices. Larger feedlot placements also mean more feed demand over the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-01-30 | [Cattle placements bearish, but with some good news - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73110-cattle-placements-bearish-but-with-some-good-news-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.9% | +1.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-23 | [Cattle plunge on large placements; China uncertainty remains \| Local News \| enidnews.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7036-cattle-plunge-on-large-placements-china-uncertainty-remains-local-news-enidnews.md) | +2.2% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-09-25 | [Cattle Current Daily-September 26 – Cattle Current Market Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69086-cattle-current-daily-september-26-cattle-current-market-update.md) | +0.1% | +2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-02 | [Understanding 'Placements' in the Cattle on Feed Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55713-understanding-placements-in-the-cattle-on-feed-report.md) | +0.5% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-04-01 | [Corn Costs and Cattle Placement Weights \| UNL Beef \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7627-corn-costs-and-cattle-placement-weights-unl-beef-nebraska.md) | -0.4% | +2.4% |
| FCATTLE | 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) | -3.4% | +5.3% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-01-30 | [Cattle placements bearish, but with some good news - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73110-cattle-placements-bearish-but-with-some-good-news-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.0% | -2.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-11-23 | [Cattle plunge on large placements; China uncertainty remains \| Local News \| enidnews.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7036-cattle-plunge-on-large-placements-china-uncertainty-remains-local-news-enidnews.md) | +2.1% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/u-s-september-cattle-placements-surge/

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