06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Runner market commentary
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Tightness in the poultry fat market continues to drive fat and grease prices higher in the South through the Eastern markets. Prices for yellow grease and poultry fat moved higher today on limited supply and strong demand. Finding an offer for low acid material has proven challenging for some buyers, with both the feed mill and pet food demand very strong. Broiler slaughter is forecast lower over the next six weeks, averaging 150.5 million head, down 3.2 percent from last year and down 10.3 percent compared to the prior six-week average. Next week’s holiday interruption may provide some pause to the price rally…
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...