Choice boxed beef slipped $2.72/cwt (about 3¢/lb) to $360.26 and Select fell $4.15 (about 4¢/lb) to $347.47, widening the Choice/Select spread to $12.79. Brisket was the big mover, with the primal down about $19 and boneless deckle-off briskets about 38¢/lb lower on heavy volume, while heavy tenderloin averages jumped. The pork carcass cutout was essentially flat, with butts and picnics higher and ribs, bellies and loins lower.
Moved: up
- Choice primals up: rib $678.74 (+$2.18, about 2¢/lb) · flank $149.96 (+$0.19, flat).
- Beef cuts up (Choice weighted average vs Tuesday, ≥20,000 lb traded): Heavy tenderloin (189A) $1,738.80 (+$111.16, about $1.11/lb, 27,462 lb, light volume so mix matters) · Ball-tip (185B) $518.55 (+$52.16, about 52¢/lb, 26,114 lb) · Heavy boneless ribeye (112A) $1,611.01 (+$51.63, about 52¢/lb, 51,076 lb) · Short loin 0x1 (174) $769.47 (+$40.97, about 41¢/lb, 21,494 lb) · Bottom sirloin flap (185A) $746.66 (+$32.56, about 33¢/lb, 34,733 lb).
- Quiet gains (about 5¢/lb or less): cap-off top round (169A) +$4.95 · trimmed clod (114A) +$4.45 · eye of round (171C) +$2.75 · chuck roll (116A) +$2.19.
- Pork (direction only): butts and picnics firmed.
Down / flat
- Beef cutout: Choice $360.26 (−$2.72) · Select $347.47 (−$4.15) · Choice/Select spread $12.79, up from $11.36 · 95 loads (vs 111 Tuesday).
- Choice primals lower: brisket $262.67 (−$19.37, about 19¢/lb) · chuck $315.76 (−$3.87, about 4¢/lb) · plate $217.75 (−$3.49, about 3¢/lb) · round $285.76 (−$2.28, about 2¢/lb) · loin $433.14 (−$0.55, near flat).
- Beef cuts lower (Choice, ≥20,000 lb traded): Boneless deckle-off brisket (120) $365.29 (−$38.29, about 38¢/lb, 332,471 lb) · Butt tender (191A) $1,566.90 (−$42.18, about 42¢/lb, 24,625 lb) · Top butt (184) $487.62 (−$15.95, about 16¢/lb) · Clod (114) $410.38 (−$10.54, about 11¢/lb) · Top inside round (168) $340.01 (−$10.09, about 10¢/lb, 346,617 lb) · Chuck tender (116B) $379.56 (−$9.54, about 10¢/lb). Strip (180), flank steak (193), tri-tip (185C) and chuck short rib (130) were within about 7¢/lb of flat.
- Grinds: mixed. 73% $244.71 (−$11.93, about 12¢/lb, 64,065 lb) · 81% $320.93 (+$0.06, flat, 296,800 lb) · 85% $391.89 (+$2.48, about 2¢/lb, thin 12,135 lb).
- Trim: fresh 50% lean $87.23 on 391,702 lb, about $7.64 under Tuesday's $94.87 on 243,769 lb.
- Pork (direction only): carcass cutout about flat. Ribs fell sharply, bellies and loins eased, hams slipped slightly.
- Volume: beef 95 loads (Choice cuts 62.71, Select 10.90, trimmings 9.79, ground 11.14) vs 111 Tuesday. Pork 303.49 loads vs 312.45.
- Note: cut-level changes compare weighted averages day to day, so mix and volume can swing them. Read the lighter-volume prints with caution.
Holiday / seasonal buy note
Thanksgiving (Thu Nov 26) is 15 days out and December holiday programs are close behind. Briskets and chuck pulled back on heavy volume today, a decent window for barbacoa, braising and pot-roast programs. Heavy tenderloin and ribeye averages ran higher, so holiday roast buyers may want to watch those two before locking programs. In pork, butts and picnics firmed, which matters for tamale and pozole season, while ribs dropped hard, a good window to price rib programs. Turkey isn't in these boxed-beef and pork reports. See the holiday buying calendar.
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