Choice boxed beef slipped $1.75/cwt (under 2¢/lb) to $355.84 and Select eased 79¢ to $347.92, narrowing the Choice/Select spread to $7.92. The pork carcass cutout was higher Friday morning, with loins the only primal lower.
Moved: up
- Pork (direction only): carcass cutout higher on the morning report. Every primal except loins was higher.
Down / flat
- Beef cutout: Choice $355.84 (−$1.75) · Select $347.92 (−$0.79) · spread $7.92. Small, steady give-back, second soft session in a row.
- Pork (direction only): loins lower; the rest of the carcass firmer.
- Note: this brief uses the Friday morning USDA reports; the afternoon reports can differ.
Holiday / seasonal buy note
Thanksgiving (Thu Nov 26) is 13 days out. Beef values are drifting lower, a good window to line up holiday roast and pot-roast programs before December. Pork is firming off recent multi-year lows, so ham and fresh pork buyers may not want to wait long. See the holiday buying calendar.
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