About this episode
The episode discusses the current state of the beef market, highlighting production numbers and price trends as summer approaches.
BEEF Beef is ready to move higher into the high demand summer season. Beef harvest however continues with lower production numbers, 527K head last week, 534K the week prior. We may see small increases too over the next few weeks but I’m not seeing anything to make this market change the current mood of tight supplies and increasing prices. The move higher has begun with this week’s trading. Middle meats are already pretty inflated, but they will push up over the next few weeks. Grinds will be...
Topics covered
- beef market
- supply and demand
- meat prices
- harvest numbers
- summer season
Keywords
- beef
- market trends
- production numbers
- prices
- summer season
Mentioned in this episode
Products: BEEF
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