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Short Holiday Slaughter and Weather Impact Spot Supplies in the Near Term, with Processing Items Affected the Most

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Posted on: January 15, 2024

Short holiday weeks and winter storms across the Midwest have impacted processing and resulted in tight spot supplies. Slaughter in the last three weeks has been under 2.3M head/week, about 300k head less per week than in early December.

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