06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Runner market commentary
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Cattle slaughter finished last week at an estimated 645,000 head, up 1.4% compared to 2017 and up 3% compared to the week prior. Slaughter rates look to increase heading into the holiday weekend, which will keep the market well supplied with ruminant material. Bean meal prices shed $11 on Friday after the WASDE report, but the market has regained about 40% of those losses today. Supply, as it has been for much of the year, has been the issue pressuring…
06.24.2025
Correction to sausage casings, resale, North American hog runners, whiskered, ex-works North America on June 20: pricing notice
North American hog runners price published on Friday was incorrect due to a formula miscalculation. The original reported price of $1.63 has been corrected to the accurate rolling average...