# Cattle placements bearish, but with some good news - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA's Cattle on Feed report showed December feedlot placements were 17.6% above a year earlier and more than twice analyst expectations. Analysts said the placements reflect herd liquidation, including heavy cow slaughter, which will add beef supply through the year.

- Date: 2017-01-30 · published 2017-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73110-cattle-placements-bearish-but-with-some-good-news-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy placements point to more finished cattle reaching the market later in 2017, which weighs on fed cattle prices. Liquidation also raises near-term beef output before the herd rebuilds.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-24 | [Feeder cattle futures were sharply lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8680-feeder-cattle-futures-were-sharply-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.4% | +6.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-09-27 | [Cattle, hog futures react to Friday's USDA reports - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45189-cattle-hog-futures-react-to-friday-s-usda-reports-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.2% | +0.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-10-21 | [U.S. September cattle placements surge - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68605-u-s-september-cattle-placements-surge-grainews.md) | +1.9% | -1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-07-24 | [Cattle futures hit hard by on feed, inventory numbers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70086-cattle-futures-hit-hard-by-on-feed-inventory-numbers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.5% | -8.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-06-17 | [Live cattle, hogs sharply lower heading into Friday - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6260-live-cattle-hogs-sharply-lower-heading-into-friday-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-24 | [Feeder cattle futures were sharply lower - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8680-feeder-cattle-futures-were-sharply-lower-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.9% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-27 | [Cattle, hog futures react to Friday's USDA reports - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45189-cattle-hog-futures-react-to-friday-s-usda-reports-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | +0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-10-21 | [U.S. September cattle placements surge - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68605-u-s-september-cattle-placements-surge-grainews.md) | +1.6% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/cattle-placements-bearish-good-news/

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