Ruminant MBM traded $365 – 385 late on Friday out of the Mo. River market. Trading today was very quiet with sellers looking at the red on board and hoping to keep prices steady. Porcine blood meal traded $850 – 875 FOB Midwest.
Ruminant MBM prices were off $5 compared to the prior week’s average, steered lower by weakness in the panhandle market. Trading much of the week was in the $360 neighborhood, but there was light trading done as high as $410 FOB….
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