Choice knuckle peeled broke below its three week range. Pork ss smoker trim picnic vacuum-packed turned higher after sliding earlier in the week. Beef and pork split: the Choice cutout fell 1.50 while the pork carcass rose 0.86, in $/cwt. The Choice/Select spread narrowed $4.07 to $19.05/cwt, so trading down to Select saves less. 23-27# trimmed selected ham has closed lower nine days in a row. Cattle kill 526,000 head for the week, 3% under a year ago; hogs 2.46 million, 1% over a year ago. Friday's weekly chicken report: boneless skinless thigh meat has added 14% over 5 weeks without a single lower close.
Highlights
PORK 1/4 Trim Boneless Butt Combo128.96¢/lb-19.21¢ (-13.0%) vs Wed+11.75¢ wkin rangePORK SS Smoker Trim Picnic Vacuum-packed93.17¢/lb+9.77¢ (+11.7%) sess-4.83¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Round, Knuckle, Peeled348.59¢/lb-46.17¢ (-11.7%) sess-62.48¢ wkbroke range lowBEEF 50CL Lean Trimmings, Fresh94.12¢/lb-8.34¢ (-8.1%) sess-1.84¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Chuck Roll 1x1, Neck-off592.96¢/lb+11.03¢ (+1.9%) sess+0.10¢ wkin rangeBEEF Choice Round, Eye of Round392.80¢/lb-4.51¢ (-1.1%) sess-2.70¢ wkin range
Cuts in this read: 1/4 Trim Boneless Butt Combo · SS Smoker Trim Picnic Vacuum-packed · Round, Knuckle, Peeled · 50CL Lean Trimmings, Fresh · Chuck Roll 1x1, Neck-off · Round, Eye of Round
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