Boxed Beef Report: Choice/Select Spread Narrows, Loads Up

Boxed beef cutout values steady to firm on light to moderate demand and offerings. Select and Choice round, chuck and loin cuts steady to firm while rib items steady to weak. Beef trimmings generally steady on light to moderate demand and offerings.

Boxed Beef Report (PM)

Boxed Beef Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Boxed Beef - Choice 155.94 155.62 154.61 154.37 154.37 Report   Boxed Beef - Select 146.47 146.28 145.05 144.68 145.17 Report   Boxed Beef - C/S Spread 9.47 9.33 9.57 9.70 9.19 Report Primal Values: Choice Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Rib 257.22 257.42 258.15 257.47 255.05 Report   Chuck 125.36 124.88 124.09 124.76 124.98 Report   Round 125.02 124.49 124.05 123.14 123.33 Report   Loin 215.53 215.17 211.83 211.47 212.17 Report   Brisket 106.34 105.67 105.49 105.25 105.09 Report   Short Plate 102.27 102.44 101.98 101.37 101.51 Report   Flank 103.07 103.34 103.25 102.37 102.65 Report Loads Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Total 243.00 345.00 305.00 237.00 248.00 Report   Choice 108.81 142.82 131.43 121.01 112.18 Report   Select 79.35 109.92 113.94 76.78 67.08 Report   Trimmings 20.81 33.78 27.21 5.07 25.19 Report   Grinds 33.90 58.85 32.52 33.76 43.24 Report Boxed Beef/Live Cattle Spread Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   CME Live Cattle 89.80 90.50 90.90 90.20 90.08 Report   BBLC Spread 66.14 65.12 63.71 64.17 64.29 Report Boxed Beef/Pork Carcass Spread Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Pork Carcass 82.04 80.99 82.94 83.63 83.64 Report   BBPC Spread 73.90 74.63 71.67 70.74 70.73 Report Boxed Beef/Chicken Breast Spread Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Chicken Breast B/S 164.83 168.35 167.19 163.07 160.83 Report   BBCB Spread -8.89 -12.73 -12.58 -8.70 -6.46 Report Other Tue Jul 06 Wed Jul 07 Thu Jul 08 Fri Jul 09 Mon Jul 12 Report   Daily Drop 10.75 10.77 10.81 10.77 10.73 Report   Cutter Cow Cutout 128.92 129.39 129.45 129.11 129.52 Report   Beef Carcass Price 140.35 140.18 140.13 140.41 140.53 Report   Estimated Slaughter 6,000 130,000 130,000 130,000 130,000 Report

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