About this episode
The episode discusses the current state of the beef market, highlighting increasing consumer demand and rising prices amidst a contracting beef industry.
Beef demand is not backing down, consumer demand for protein continues to increase even as our beef industry continues to contract. No doubt aided by the JBS strike, beef production was only 508K head last week and I expect we will see similar numbers for this week. The market is tight, there is just not that much beef coming to market. Prices are moving higher pretty much across the board. Middle meats, those strips, ribeyes and tenderloins continue to lead this market higher. Thin meats, sk...
People in this episode
Host: Tracy
Topics covered
- beef market
- consumer demand
- protein consumption
- meat prices
- industry trends
Keywords
- beef demand
- protein
- meat prices
- JBS strike
- market trends
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: JBS
Products: beef, protein
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