# Feedgrain focus: Barley price fall signals shift in buying tempo

> A lull in feedgrain consumption is prompting buyers, already covered to early December, to slow purchases while the winter crop is harvested. Barley bids have fallen rapidly to heavy discounts to wheat, prompting suppliers to book first-half 2020 sales, while Central Queensland wheat was booking feedlot slots around $420-425/t.

- Date: 2019-11-01 · published 2019-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56629-feedgrain-focus-barley-price-fall-signals-shift-in-buying-tempo
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Slower buying combined with aggressive barley selling points to softer feed barley prices in the near term, with wheat holding firmer than barley.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/lotfeeding/feedgrain-focus-barley-price-fall-signals-shift-in-buying-tempo/

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