# Klassen: Rising feed grains weigh on feeder market - Grainews

> Western Canadian feeder cattle traded steady to $3 lower in the week to May 28, with some calves down $4 to $6. Feed barley in southern Alberta rose $5-10 per tonne to $265-275 delivered. Much of Saskatchewan has received under 40 percent of normal precipitation, and hay prices are not expected to fall soon.

- Date: 2019-05-28 · published 2019-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59224-klassen-rising-feed-grains-weigh-on-feeder-market-grainews
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising feed grain costs and dry conditions in Saskatchewan raise the cost of finishing cattle and push feeder prices lower. Higher barley prices also support the feed grain complex in Western Canada.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/klassen-rising-feed-grains-weigh-on-feeder-market/

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