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Placements plunged 12.1% in September to a series record low, signaling an intensifying fed cattle supply hole for early next year.
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Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the reaction was a bit muted considering the placements were well below estimates. However, he says some of it was already priced in.
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