Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist – With Mother’s Day behind us, attention now shifts to Memorial Day and the kickoff of summer grilling season. The last year has been characterized by exceptionally strong beef demand that began about a year ago. It appears this demand was driven by post-pandemic pent-up demand combined with surging beef exports. Boxed beef prices have come down from this period of extremely strong demand and adjusted down from a counter-seasonal January peak to current levels, 11.2 percent lower compared to the last week of January. In the last three weeks,…
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