Technical Tallow Trading & Cattle Slaughter Forecast

Technical Tallow Trading & Cattle Slaughter Forecast

Please Note – The Jacobsen will close trading at noon CT on Wednesday, November 25th and publish the Animal Fats Bulletin shortly after. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Nine cars of technical tallow traded into/through the Chicago market today, one within the 30 day window. Trading outside of the Chicago technical tallow market was quiet. 

Cattle slaughter finished last week at a multi-week high of 655,000 head, down 1.9 percent from a year ago and up 0.3 percent relative to the week prior. Slaughter is forecast to…

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