A number of protein products traded higher today with both buyers and sellers coming out of the holiday break to sharply higher soybean meal prices. The March contract settled at $431.80 today, up $8.10 from yesterday’s settlement. Porcine MBM out of the Missouri River market finished December with a relative price to soybean meal of 79 percent. The prior three year average for January is 80 percent, which suggests a value of $345 today. Tight supplies coming off of the holiday and the potential for a continued run higher in soybean meal add…
04.30.2024
Biofuel feedstock demand rises while capacity declines: EIA
EIA Biofuels Capacity and Feedstock Update
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update, released on Tuesday April 30, showed that operable US biofuel capacity declined...
04.30.2024
Chicago edible tallow trades lower
The edible tallow price fell to 52 cents per lb Chicago basis on the afternoon of Tuesday April 30. Tallow trading was quiet outside of the edible tallow market.
04.30.2024
April animal protein values mixed month on month
US animal proteins prices were mostly steady on Tuesday April 30. Limited trade was again reported, with multiple market participants attending the Petfood Forum in Kansas City, Missouri, held...