BBQ season arrives with a bang

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Published: May 20, 2021

BBQ season arrives with a bang

“On fire” and “sizzling” are terms being used to describe meat prices.

“Wholesale beef and pork prices this spring have seen incredible strength,” Canfax said in a market report earlier this month. “Except for last year when wholesale beef prices doubled due to a shortage of supplies, cut-out prices at current levels had not been seen before… and were certainly not expected in the face of record-large North American beef production.”

In the U.S., federal stimulus cheques are boosting incomes and more people are dining out as vaccination efforts pay off.

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“People want to pay up for steaks,” said market analyst Ted Seifried of The Zaner Ag Hedge Group. “People want beef.”

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