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04-02-2010, 10:04 AM | #16 | |
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04-02-2010, 10:16 AM | #17 |
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Cant really blame it on grain prices, corn prices are lower now than they were last May, and futures prices are not showing big increases aside from seasonally adjusted late fall and winter demand.
Soft export demand and the H1N1 flu scare drove pork prices way down last year, bottoming out at around $40 per hundredweight late last fall. We ate good on the cheap, but farmers were barely breaking even, if they made money at all. Many didn't replenish their herds. Now, US herds are down about 3% from last year. In addition, the Canadian government has instituted a program that pays Canadian farmers not to produce hogs for 3 years, so Canada has reduced their herds by 12%. H1N1 didn't turn out to be as bad as predicted and summer grilling season is just around the corner, so both domestic and export demand is rising faster than supplies. Hogs closed at close to $71 per hundredweight here yesterday, and futures prices are in the low to mid $80 range through summer, so don't look for any huge price declines soon. You can't watch or listen to a newscast here without getting commodities prices. Chris |
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04-02-2010, 10:53 AM | #18 | |
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I talked to the manager of a large restaurant chain and they have contracts with their suppliers that give them a guaranteed cost for the year. Sometimes I can buy cheaper and sometimes they are getting it cheaper. I was surprised that with their national volume they were paying more than I was for the same ribs last month. |
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04-02-2010, 10:56 AM | #19 | |
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04-02-2010, 10:58 AM | #20 |
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Just noticed those are rib pieces can anyone explain this besides they are ribs in pieces?
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04-02-2010, 01:16 PM | #21 | |
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04-02-2010, 02:16 PM | #22 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Too bad you can't freeze Parsley
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04-02-2010, 02:20 PM | #23 |
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I'm working on a revolutionary new box the chia box just water and pow parsley in a few days!
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04-02-2010, 02:41 PM | #24 |
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57 cents a bunch at Wal Mart in Metairie LA. So 12 bunches is less than $7. I spend that much on coffee for the weekend. Was also cheap in Mobile just over 60 cents. Just don't understand the issue with parsley unless it's all that time making the box when you could be drinking.
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04-02-2010, 02:42 PM | #25 |
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I was at the depot today picking up brisket and i saw the 99 cent ribs on the way out. so being the lazy person that i am i decided to call instead of walking back in. when i asked the meat manager what it was for 99 cent he told me with his spanish accent rib bits. over and over. " rib bits" he sounded like a spanish frog. kind of funny
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04-02-2010, 04:57 PM | #26 |
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I bought some brisket at BJ's yesterday and almost fell over when I looked at the price. $3.59lb. The meat manager told me that he was told that beef prices are going to go way up in the next couple of weeks and had been asked to cut back on the beef order.
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04-13-2010, 04:15 AM | #27 |
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pork usually is up during spring and summer due to demand....but not much....I'd rather have fresh butts, and lets not forget....one power outage, or someone trips over the extension cord and unplugs the freezer and......lol.....uh oh.....as for the butcher predicting the upcoming prices.....his speculation is no better than wall streets...it's publicly traded and may very well fall through the basement floor if demand is down or feed becomes plentiful suddenly...it's always a crap shoot. Buy the way you want to buy, then price accordingly....have yet to hit a festival where anyone bitches about a twenty five cent difference if it's really necessary....it still beats hot dogs and burgs...and the line is just as long.
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04-13-2010, 05:15 AM | #28 |
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my cost on butts went from .97lb last week to 1.22 this week. Ribs are holding steady for me.But briskets went from 2.13lb last week to 2.56 lb my cost this week.
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04-13-2010, 10:31 AM | #29 |
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Here is some info for you guys, that i get from my Supplier. Has alot of good info, and is usually right on for us
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04-13-2010, 11:25 AM | #30 |
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Good article...We in Buffalo are still trying to figure out how to breed chickens with four wings....We figure it will cut our wing prices in half...lol
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