# Klassen: Feeder cattle market softens - Grainews

> Western Canadian yearling prices fell $2 to $5 on average week over week, while calf markets were largely unchanged. Less than 40 percent of normal precipitation has fallen across most of the Prairies in the last 30 days.

- Date: 2018-08-28 · published 2018-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63668-klassen-feeder-cattle-market-softens-grainews
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker deferred live cattle futures and firmer barley prices weigh on feeder values, and feedlots are cautious about feed grain costs ahead of buying feeders.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/klassen-feeder-cattle-market-softens/

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