Market Activity

The market was very quiet today with no action reported. Early indications are that MBM demand is improving, particularly for ruminant material. 

Weekly Slaughter Analysis

Cattle slaughter continues to run well ahead of last year’s pace and our slaughter forecast calls for a similar pattern to close out 2017 and start 2018. Kills were estimated at 633,000 head last week and are expected to dip to 622,000 this week. After this week, the holiday…