Butter Takes Off

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of beef production and market prices, highlighting the tight supply and rising costs.

Beef production continues restrained to keep prices up and packer losses as small as possible. 516K head produced last week, same as the previous week. Heading into spring this is keeping the beef supply tight and prices supported. We have the smallest beef herd since 1951 when there were half as many people in the country. That is not turning around anytime soon. Regarding current market prices, everything is going up. Ribeyes and strip loins will be leading prices higher for the next few we...

People in this episode

Host: Tracy

Topics covered

• beef production
• market prices
• food supply
• agriculture
• economic trends

Keywords

• beef production
• market prices
• Ribeyes
• strip loins
• supply chain

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ribeyes, strip loins

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