Animal Fats

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Three cars of packer BFT traded at $0.2950 Chicago this afternoon. Trading outside of the Chicago market was fairly quiet. Sources reported that there was some pushback on April tallow shipments, but enough short covering to keep the market steady. 

Fat prices edged higher last week on a number of products, although only slightly. Yellow grease saw the weekly average move up just under a 10th of a cent due to higher prices in the Carolinas…

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