The daily read · Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Boxed Beef and Pork Cutout, Nov 4, 2026: Pork Picnic Meat Combo Cushion In

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Pork picnic meat combo cushion in and Choice strip loin 1x1 are trading below their three week ranges. It has averaged a lower price four weeks after this week of the year, over the last 5 years. That is history, not a forecast. Thanksgiving is about 3 weeks out: ham and standing-rib demand builds alongside the turkey pull.
Highlights

Cuts in this read: Picnic Meat Combo Cushion In · Ground Beef 75% · Strip Loin 1x1 · 72% Trim Boxed, Frozen · Round, Eye of Round · Chuck, Short Rib

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