The daily read

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Pork insides (red) combo broke below its three week range. Choice sirloin flap broke its run lower and closed up. The Choice/Select spread widened $6.25 to $28.43/cwt, so trading down to Select saves more. Choice knuckle peeled has closed higher four days in a row. Wednesday's cattle kill 109,000 head, 9% under a year ago.
Highlights

Cuts in this read: Insides (red) Combo · Picnic Cushion Meat Combo · Loin, Bottom Sirloin, Flap · Chuck, Clod, Arm Roast · Round, Top Inside Round · Round, Eye Of Round

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