Three of every ten beef pounds that cleared today were the middles, nearly double the usual share. Trim barely traded. Pork derind belly 13-17# and Pork picnic meat boxed cushion out frozen are trading below their three week ranges. Choice loin ball-tip boneless heavy broke its run higher and closed down. Thursday's cattle kill 105,000 head, 14% under a year ago; Thursday's hog kill 467,000 head, 4% under a year ago.
Highlights
PORK Derind Belly 13-17#142.83¢/lb-43.92¢ (-23.5%) sess-39.53¢ wkbroke range lowPORK Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion Out, Frozen99.44¢/lb-13.58¢ (-12.0%) vs Tue-13.67¢ wkbroke range lowBEEF Choice Loin, Ball-tip, Boneless, Heavy501.55¢/lb-33.85¢ (-6.3%) sess+3.47¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Chuck, Short Rib596.36¢/lb+18.06¢ (+3.1%) sess+32.49¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Loin, Sirloin, Tri-tip, Peeled634.79¢/lb-18.21¢ (-2.8%) vs Tue-94.51¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Sirloin Tri-tip444.92¢/lb-10.10¢ (-2.2%) vs Tue-54.88¢ wkin range
Cuts in this read: Derind Belly 13-17# · Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion Out, Frozen · Loin, Ball-tip, Boneless, Heavy · Chuck, Short Rib · Loin, Sirloin, Tri-tip, Peeled · Sirloin Tri-tip
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