06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Runner market commentary
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Economic Optimism Fades Leaving Vegetable Oils Mixed
Vegetable oil prices were mixed again on Monday as palm oil futures rose despite lower crude oil prices overnight, and substantial weakness across the soybean complex pressured soybean oil prices. Once again, crude oil prices rallied during early U.S. trading. However, the announcement that the California government would reinstitute some of the provisions it implemented this spring to slow the spread of the disease in its state drove crude sharply lower. The September West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contract fell back below the psychologically critical $40 per barrel level, and the resulting pessimism could weigh on vegetable oil prices in the short term.
Soybean oil futures declined for the fourth consecutive session with most contracts down about 1/2 percent (September contract -15 basis points per pound)….
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...