Lean carcass value continued to strengthen last week, further supporting farrow-to-finish margins. This is expected to continue going forward.
At the same time, unlike the second quarter of 2025, while I am not saying consumers are moving away from beef, the pork cutout during the second quarter of this year will be supported by consumers moving down the retail meat case and buying pork to “adjust” their food budget.
View the full Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending March 14.
The Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are calculated by Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore.
(Note: The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker calculates an average beef cutout value for the week in its estimates for feedyard and packer margins. Other prices in the weekly Profit Tracker also are calculated weekly averages. Feedyard margins are calculated on a cash basis only with no adjustment for risk management practices. The Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are intended only as a benchmark for the average cash costs of feeding cattle and hogs. Sterling Marketing is a private, independent beef and pork consulting firm not associated with any packing company or livestock feeding enterprise.)
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