Natasha Wilkie is a Cattle Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture and has been monitoring what's happening with the feed prices.
She says a strong Canadian dollar and higher feed barley prices are limiting upward movement in the cattle market.
"We saw barley prices, like feed barley prices, based out of Lethbridge. They remained fairly steady at $7.40 a bushel, which is rather high prices, but they stayed steady. The other markets we tracked for feed grains are corn out of Iowa and Omaha. Iowa's price went up, while Omaha's came down. So, you know, we're just watching these prices weekly and seeing where they go."
The Ministry of Agriculture's Weekly Cattle Marketing Report is out, it continues to show limited reported in some weight categories.