The United States Department of Agriculture released the National Daily Cow and Boneless Beef Summary on May 27, providing updated prices and market activity for boneless processing beef, beef trimmings, and related products.
According to the report, cutter cow carcass cutout averaged 359.76, reflecting a decrease of 0.73 from previous values. Fresh 90% lean beef recorded an average price of 459.46 with 10.5 loads traded nationally, while fresh 85% lean stood at an average of 407.06 over 16.9 loads. Other product categories such as inside rounds (box), eye of rounds, flats and eyes (combos), striploins, ground chuck, ground round, and ground sirloin were also listed with respective load counts and weighted averages.
Daily estimated slaughter figures indicated that approximately 110,000 head were processed on the reporting day, compared to an estimated 105,000 a week ago and an actual count of 122,580 a year earlier. For cows and bulls specifically, bids ranged by region: nationally breakers ranged from $283 to $330 per hundredweight; boners from $276 to $353; leans from $287 to $358; bulls from $300 to $378.
Additional context shows comparisons between current year-to-date trends in lean versus trim pricing across several categories including inside rounds and other boxed or combo cuts. The report is compiled by USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News based in Des Moines.
Waitt Grain Company operates in the grain and agriculture sector concentrating on market information services within this industry segment; it shares resources with Waitt Trucking, provides market quotes for commodities such as corn, soybeans and wheat along with weather updates and mobile alerts; primarily serves the Sheridan area in Indiana where its headquarters are located at 22755 Six Points Road—all according to the official website.
