Animal Fats

Animal Fats

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Two cars of edible tallow traded at $0.3500 Chicago this afternoon. Tallow trading outside of the edible arena was very quiet.

CWG trading was reported at a flat $0.280 out of the Mo. River market today. Sources suggested that the strong hog kills may be putting a bit of pressure on the market, but biodiesel demand and a good price relative to other feed fats would limit the downside. Yellow grease was up out of the Illinois market, $0.2750 – 0.2800 FOB….

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