Meat Stocks Decline but Await New Demand USDA issued its monthly Cold Storage report just before the government closed for Christmas Eve and while major meat supplies were down relative to November’s report, they remain on trend higher than the previous year. For example, total red meat in freezers were down two percent from November but were two percent higher than in December of last year.
Stocks of frozen pork were down 6 percent from last month but still remain sharply higher (up 13 percent) from a year ago. One exception in the trend is pork bellies, which were up 14 percent from November and 40 percent higher than last year.
Like red meat, poultry supplies were down 10 percent for the month but up one percent higher than...
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