It was an active Monday with renderer bleachable fancy tallow (BFT-R) and technical tallow offered down into/through the Chicago market today and unsold as of press time. Yellow grease traded lower out of the San Francisco market late on Friday, but the top end of the range has been consistent into the renewables sector. Distillers corn oil traded lower out of the IL/WI market and into the Manly, IA market.
Cattle slaughter finished last week at a robust 658,000 head, down 1.6 percent from a year ago and up 3 percent relative to the year prior. Slaughter is forecast to move higher over the next six weeks. This week, slaughter is projected out at…
11.11.2024
Falling biodiesel margins lead to expectations for higher RINs, lower feedstock cost
Biodiesel margins continued to fall during the week ending Friday November 8, with rising feedstock cost pushing the soybean oil/heating oil (BOHO) spread to its highest level in more...
11.11.2024
DCO starts the week higher; hog slaughter increases slightly
Distillers’ corn oil (DCO) traded higher out of the FOB Midwest markets on Monday November 11 in what was otherwise a quiet market to start the week.
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11.11.2024
US cattle slaughter continues to fall behind 2023 levels
Trading was quiet in the US animal protein market on Monday November 11, with no price changes reported.
Cattle slaughter
Fastmarkets’ research team forecasts cattle slaughter at 625,000...