date:Nov 26, 2012
ge price of Choice grade beef moved back above $5.00 per pound and gained 2% versus last year and 1.8% versus last month. The Choice price of $5.031 per pound is the fourth highest on record.
Lower pork prices but not by much. Octobers average price of $3.484 was 0.7% lower than the price in September but still 0.5% higher than one year ago.
Rising chicken prices. Octobers average price for composite broilers at retail was $1.870 per pound, 0.8% higher than last month and 3.5% higher than l