Boxed Beef: Cutout Values: Choice: 315.70… +1.00 Select: 306.23… -0.91 Choice/Select Spread: 9.47 Total Load Count: 87 - Cutter Cow Cutout: 291.07… +0.48 - CME Feeder Cattle Index for Friday, February 14th: 276.30… +0.07 52 Week High: 281.68 on 1/30/25 - Futures Settlements: Frid...
The discussion of Swift’s further battle to get “refrigerated meat” accepted by East Coast butchers and consumers reminded me of my formative years when my father was fighting a similar war to get IBP’s innovative “boxed beef” accepted in the same protected, unionized,”mobbed up,” mar...