US fat exports hit multi-month high on shipments to Singapore

Author: Alexandra Watts

US fat exports hit multi-month high on shipments to Singapore

Four cars of packer bleachable fancy tallow (BFT) and four cars of choice white grease (CWG) traded higher on a Chicago basis on Thursday. Packer BFT was up to 41.5 cents per lb and CWG traded at 40 cents per lb.

Max 20% free fatty acids (FFA) tallow traded into the Gulf at 43 cents per lb on Thursday.

Yellow grease traded sharply higher into the Carolinas market, up to 38-39 cents per lb for very heavy volume.

The USDA released...

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