This week’s WASDE upped the projections for pork and broiler production and trimmed the beef forecast slightly at 5 million pounds.
The beef forecast is down on lower slaughter but is offset by heavier weights. For the past 10 weeks, slaughter weights have averaged 1,399 pounds, hitting 1,400 pounds for the first week of June. Last week, slaughter weights were 1,398 pounds compared to 1,340 pounds for the same week last year. Year-to-date, slaughter is down 4.4 percent, but beef production is down only 1.7 percent. Pork production was revised up by 40 million pounds with increased slaughter in Q2 and slightly heavier weights; June slaughter weights were 290 pounds, versus 288 last year. No increase in slaughter forecas...
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