Market Activity

Porcine MBM values fell this afternoon, down $5 to $12.50 depending on location. Heavy kills and plenty of material in the interior have pressured prices lower. Sellers seem to be getting ahead of the big kills coming through the slaughterhouses during the rest of January.

Figure 1.

The frequency of an upmove from the prior month is shown for Mo. River porcine MBM with data from the years 2001 – 2017

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