Market Activity

Ruminant MBM prices fell out of the Mo. River market today with trading reported $245 – 265.  Porcine trading was lower as well, $270 – 285 Mo. River and Eastern IA/IL. Sources have reported plenty of inventory on both ruminant and porcine is pushing prices lower.

Figure 1.

Cattle slaughter is shown for 2015 – 2017 YTD against the 2010 – 2014 average.

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