Bellies Off to the Races

Bellies Off to the Races

May 8, 2026 · 3 min

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Tracy discusses the beef market trends leading into Mother's Day weekend, highlighting stable pricing and inventory levels.

Thanks for joining me today, let's look at a few markets heading into Mother’s Day weekend. Let's start as usual with beef. We’ve had a couple weeks of relatively stable pricing, and I think we’ve got another week, maybe two before summer fun and demand start pushing prices up. Beef harvest last week was 534K head, up a few from the 529K the week prior. That keeps inventories very tight. Middle meats, those Ribeyes, strip loins, and tenderloins are finding modest support mo...

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Products: beef, Ribeyes, strip loins, tenderloins

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