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Cattlemen’s Association has V Boxed beef means dif
set out on a fact-finding ferent things to different
mission to determine the people, but generally it in
possible role boxed beef has dudes breaking down
played in the erratic market, carcass beef into primal,
subprimal and sometimes
retail cuts. The cuts are
vacuumpackered and put
into boxes primarily at the
packing-house and retail
warehouse level.. Recent
surveys indicate that about
30 percent of the carcasses
are boxed at the packer
level.
While the practice of
boxing beef is not new, it has
increased in recent years.
Indications are that more
than half of the beef received
at retail .stores is
prefabricated. “Boxed beef
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age,” said Wray Finney,
president of ANCA. “We are
not opposed to such
technology, in fact we have
spoken favorably of it on
many occasions. But we are
concerned that the lack of
information on the exact
volume of boxed beef may be
affecting beef prices
significantly.
“The price in the market
place' is responsive to a
number of signals, such as
cattle on feed, slaughter, and
cold storage reports. Boxed
beef is apparently a large
volume item and should be
considered along with ,the
traditional market in
dicators. However, no
reliable information is
available on the amount of
boxed beef moving into trade
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channels. We need that type
of information,” Finney
added.
In an effort to obtain the
needed additional in
formation on boxed beef and
to seek out possible solutions
to the problem, Finney has
announced that H. W. “Bud”
Harrington, chairman of
ANCA’s Marketing Com
mittee, and Topper Thorpe,
manager of Cattle-Fax,
ANCA’s market analysis
service, will meet with
USDA officials in
Washington.
“Since boxed beef can be
stored for longer periods of
time than carcass beef, beef
supplies on any given day
may appear larger than they
really are,” Finney said.
Since boxed beef is still a
perishable commodity, there
is a time when it must be
sold. The “must sell”
situations create pressure on
the carcass market since
buyers can buy boxed beef
cheaper than carcass beef.
As an example, in late
March, just prior to the
Easter holiday period, fed
cattle and dressed beef
prices began to move
sharply higher. This was a
result of a decline in fed
cattle available, plus a tough
trading attitude on the part
of feeders -who had been
losing money on fed cattle
since the first of the year.
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The price increases were
large and came quickly.
Eventually packers could
not'buy fed cattle at a price
level that fit the dressed
beef price, and they cut back
on slaughter volume. Li the
past this has always forced
beef prices higher, but this
did not happen. Hie reason,
it appears, was that more
boxed beef was available to
retailers at lower prices than
carcass beef. Of course there
were a number of other
factors in the market-place,
Finney said, but it appears
that boxed beef was one of
the main reasons the market
responded as it did. s
Another recent develop
ment In beef merchandising,
frozen retail cuts of beef, is
gaining greater acceptance.
This may yet add another
dimension to the com
plicated beef marketing
process.
“In theory, both boxed
beef and frozen beef should
add stability to the market.
When there is an oversupply,
beef can go into storage, and
when supplies are short, beef
can come out of storage, thus
leveling out supply and
theoretically price,” ac
cording to Finney. “But in
the near future these
changes are likely to result
in more volatile prices than
ever-before,”