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Market Trends with TracyAuthor: Saval Foodservice
In foodservice, making smart menu decisions can be the difference between open, and closed. Follow along each week as we try to make sense of the many links in our food service supply chain, and how that affects the food you serve. Saval Foodservice's own veteran purchaser, Tracy Anderson, takes you through the major market updates. Saval Foodservice is a broadline foodservice distributor located in Elkridge, Maryland, and has been a family-owned & operated business since 1932. We serve the area's independent restaurants, caterers, delis, hotels, and other eateries. Our products range from fresh produce, seafood, custom-cut meat, groceries, beverages, our own line of Saval Deli delicatessen products, and cleaning supplies. We created this podcast in 2020 to keep our customers informed of the suddenly volatile market. Market Trends with Tracy is written & recorded by Tracy Anderson. Produced & Edited by Deanna Segreti and Shelby Reister. For questions or inquiries about the show, email sfssocialmedia@savalfoods.comFollow us on Instagram @savalfoods or on TikTok @savalfoodservice Language: en-us Genres: Business, Business News, News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Bellies Drop while Beef Corrects
Friday, 17 April, 2026
Try to say "Avian Flu Front" five times fast, go ahead, give it a whirl. The beef market is continuing the market correction started last week. Middle meats were leading this market higher, and now they are leading this market lower. Ribeyes, Tenderloins, Strip Loins, all lower for the week. Rounds and Chucks coming off as well. The one area the reduced harvest numbers are really pushing on is thin meats, briskets, flanks, sirloin flap, and skirt steak all steadily moving higher each week. I expect we will see this continue higher right into Cinco de Mayo. Mother’s Day is right after, so we do have some events coming to move some beef. I’d still stay ahead of my needs, cattle harvest was only 512K last week, down from 533K the week before so while prices may be declining, inventories continue to be tight. Chicken demand remains strong and production is continuing to outpace last year running about 2% up for the year. Recently boneless skinless randoms and tenders have been on a weekly move higher. It looks like randoms will take a little breather and actually decline a few pennies, tenders and wings will continue higher for next week. Overall I still see this market continuing higher at least the next few weeks. On the Avian flu front, another relatively good week, 3 new cases affecting 251K birds. Heat is not this virus’s friend, so hopefully as the weather warms the virus will be less active. War can’t move the corn market, this week’s close $4.55/bushel, last week’s close $4.53. New crop is coming and we still have plenty of last year’s crop and I believe still some 2024 crop; there is lots of corn available. Soy: now soy moved higher a few weeks ago, not letting go those recent gains and demand for biofuel is keeping soybeans moving. Wheat is seeing effects of internation unrest, market is up $.13bushel from last week. Nothing to panic but I think we will see modest increases in flour pricing. I started seeing the pork belly market move lower this week, then it just dropped, today’s close $136 down from last week’s $149. This market reset should move bacon prices down. The rest of the pork complex is moving by pennies, butts, loins, ribs, all a good value with good availability. A split market this week in dairy, thru Thursday’s close the CME for butter is up 2, while the barrel is down 1 and block down 3. Production numbers say this should be a stable market at least for the next few weeks. Savalfoods.com | Find us on Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn
