Beef and pork prices weaken, some seafood prices tick up, says Urner Barry's weekly protein report
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] Dec 22, 2014
[Urner Barry Weekly Protein report] Dec 22 - The beef cutout, which represents a composite value of the carcass based upon prices paid for primal cuts, followed much the same pattern of the previous week as generally weaker prices were evident leading up to the holiday. Product movement was slow and buyers were more concerned with delivery dates than anything else. Packer margins have remained $100 per head in the negative or more since the beginning of December. Slaughter for this week is expected to test the low for Christmas weeks on record.
In the pork complex, mainly sharply weaker..
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