06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

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Risk-Off Selling Drives Soybean Oil Prices Sharply Lower
Soybean oil futures plunged on Wednesday as “risk-off” selling across all asset classes triggered a wave of profit-taking in the soybean complex. Profit-taking also weighed on nearby palm oil prices, but deferred contracts were higher, reflecting the market’s underlying fundamentals. Crude oil prices also fell sharply, with the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract down 5 1/2 percent. The decline left the benchmark contract well below the psychologically critical $40 per barrel level and just above the recent low set in early October. In addition to the cross-asset selling, inventory data published Tuesday night also weighed on energy values.
Soybean oil prices dropped about two percent (December contract -69 basis points per pound). Buying at the 50-day moving average limited the decline, leaving the…
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...