Current Slaughter Cow Prices Driven by Lean Beef Trimmings

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Slaughter cow prices are driven by the price of 90 percent lean beef trimmings (90s), which posted a price of $317.36/cwt the first week of March. This is a record high price for 90s in data back to 1978 and undoubtedly an all-time record weekly price.Dairy cow slaughter is down 15.0…