Cattle Slaughter Forecast Over 2019 Levels

Cattle Slaughter Forecast Over 2019 Levels

Four cars of renderer bleachable fancy tallow (BFT-R) traded higher today. Outside of the renderer market, trading was quiet coming off of the long, holiday weekend. 

Cattle slaughter finished last week at an estimated 593,000 head, up 2.6 percent from a year ago. Slaughter is forecast to move higher over the next six weeks. This week, slaughter is projected out at 655,000 head, down 0.5 percent from last year. Over the next six weeks, slaughter is…

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