The short week is resulting in reduced activity on the international market this week. In the US topside, rump and striploin prices all increased week-onweek while chuck and brisket prices declined week-on-week.

The US beef market traded negatively this week with prices for topside, rump and striploin declining by 3.4%, 5.8% and 1% respectively.

International beef prices experienced some large moves this week with brisket prices 10.3% up, chuck prices up 3.7% and the price of striploin down by 5.7% week-on-week.

US prices were mixed this week across the different cuts of beef with the beef carcass equivalent dropping by 1.9% week-on-week.

International beef prices were mixed this week. Week-on-week prices remained relatively stable for US topside (down 0.5%); rump (up 0.7%) and chuck (remained the same).

The US beef market was mixed this week with both positive and negative shifts in market prices, the US beef carcass equivalent declined by 1.7% week-onweek.

US beef prices were mostly positive this week.

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