06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Runner market commentary
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Tight supplies contributed to higher prices in the animal protein markets this week. Ruminant and porcine prices were higher for meat and bone meal (MBM) and bloodmeal. Ruminant and porcine MBM were up 1 percent compared to the week prior. Porcine bloodmeal was up 2.6 percent FOB IA/MO/NE and ruminant bloodmeal was up 2.4 percent FOB Mo. River. Feathermeal was flat and has been unchanged since the week ending May 14th. The holiday week combined with the ransomware attack on JBS left the market down 14.5 percent on cattle slaughter and 16.9 percent on hog slaughter compared to the week prior. It’s reasonable to expect the tightness to continue to support the market in the near term, but sellers may struggle to push prices much higher while soybean meal prices hand around the $395 – 400/ST…
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...