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Protein Pulse Podcast

The Protein Pulse Podcast delivers concise, commercially focused protein market intelligence for buyers, sellers, traders, procurement leaders, processors, and executives across the beef, pork, chicken, feed, and global protein markets. Each episode translates USDA data, market pricing, slaughter trends, trade flows, imports, feed costs, policy developments, and supply-chain signals into clear, practical market context. The focus is simple: cut through the noise, explain what the numbers mean, and

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02:07

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME Monday Market Open |...

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2026/10/05

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIMEMonday Market Open | October 5th, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Monday Market Open, October 5th. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Organic beef sales grew forty-four point three percent last year to more than one point four billion dollars. The obvious question is: why don't we produce more of it here?Because organic beef starts with the land. New organic acres generally need thirty-six months without prohibited inputs, and the whole system has to stay compliant. The

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08:58

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST - Monday Market Open |...

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2026/10/05

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTMonday Market Open | October 5th, 2026HOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Monday Market Open for October 5th, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: According to the Organic Trade Association, U.S. organic beef sales grew forty-four point three percent in twenty twenty-five to more than one point four billion dollars. Read that headline and the obvious question is: why don't we produce more of it here?Because

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02:35

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME Closing Bell Friday |...

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2026/10/02

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIMEClosing Bell Friday | October 2, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Closing Bell Friday, October 2nd. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: High prices cure high prices. We've all heard it. But is high beef finally starting to cure high beef — or is it more than that?Cattle are still tight. Slaughter is down seven point seven percent year to date. Nothing this week changed the long-term supply story. The question is demand. USDA expects beef prices up nine point four percent

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09:19

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST Closing Bell Friday |...

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2026/10/02

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTClosing Bell Friday | October 2, 2026HOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Closing Bell Friday for October 2, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: High prices cure high prices. We've all heard it. But is high beef finally starting to cure high beef — or is it more than that? Cattle are still tight. Slaughter is down seven point seven percent year to date, and nothing this week changed the long-term cattle supply

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01:56

THE PROTEIN PULSE Drive Time — Thursday Margin...

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2026/10/01

Drive TimeHOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Thursday Margin Monitor, October first. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: My late Ag Econ instructor at Oklahoma State, Dr. Bob Ortman — God rest his soul — drilled one word into us: scarcity. That’s the cattle market. Slaughter is down nearly eight percent. The herd hasn’t rebuilt. Scarcity is real. But it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. At some price, buyers adapt. Imports substitute for domestic lean. Chicken substitutes for beef. Pork competes for the plate

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09:58

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST — Thursday Margin Monitor...

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2026/10/01

FullHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Thursday Margin Monitor for October 1, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: I never forgot something my Ag Econ 1114 instructor, the late Dr. Bob Ortman — God rest his soul — drilled into us at Oklahoma State. What is fundamental in economics? Scarcity. That’s exactly what has driven the cattle market. We don’t have enough cattle. Slaughter is down nearly 8 percent. The herd hasn’t rebuilt

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02:04

Protein Pulse Drive Time. Wednesday Watchlist |...

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2026/09/30

Drive TimeHOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Wednesday Watchlist, September thirtieth. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Tomorrow another one hundred thousand metric tons of lower-duty imported lean opens to the U.S. market. If you’re buying raw material for ground beef, pay attention. Imported lean isn’t a pound-for-pound replacement for fresh domestic nineties. Some processors can’t or won’t use it because of customer specs or perception. Others can, but only to a certain percentage before binding and

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10:03

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST - Wednesday Watchlist |...

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2026/09/30

Protein Pulse - Wednesday Watchlist | September 30, 2026Your Daily Market Update on All Things ProteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Wednesday Watchlist for September 30, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Tomorrow another one hundred thousand metric tons of lower-duty imported lean opens to the U.S. market. If you’re buying raw material for ground beef, pay attention. Imported lean isn’t a pound-for-pound replacement for fresh

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02:17

The Protein Pulse Drive Time — Taco Meat Tuesday |...

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2026/09/29

Protein Pulse Drive Time — Taco Meat Tuesday | September 29, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Taco Meat Tuesday, September twenty-ninth. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: The number that caught my attention wasn’t four hundred eighty-four thousand. It was four eleven. Cattle slaughter fell last week, and fresh nineties still moved lower. USDA is calling lean boneless sharply lower on light demand — even after one of the smallest cattle kills we’ve seen this year. Tight supply only matters to price

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09:41

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST - Taco Meat Tuesday |...

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2026/09/29

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTTaco Meat Tuesday | September 29, 2026Your daily market update on all things proteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Taco Meat Tuesday for September 29, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: The number that caught my attention wasn’t four hundred eighty-four thousand. It was four eleven eighty-eight. Cattle slaughter fell to four hundred eighty-four thousand head last week, and fresh nineties still moved lower

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07:48

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST | Monday Market Open |...

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2026/09/28

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTMonday Market Open | September 28, 2026Your daily market update on all things proteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Monday Market Open for September 28, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Here is the irony in beef this morning: we are finally reopening another valve for cattle supply just as a new operational risk is showing up at the packing plant. Santa Teresa is open again. That should eventually help

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01:40

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME | Monday Market Open |...

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2026/09/28

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIMEMonday Market Open | September 28, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Monday Market Open, September twenty-eighth. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Here is the irony in beef this morning. We are finally reopening another valve for cattle supply just as a new operational risk is showing up at the packing plant. Santa Teresa is open again. Four hundred eight head on day one is not enough to change the market. Stepped-up federal immigration enforcement is disrupting labor and

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01:33

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME | Closing Bell Friday...

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2026/09/25

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIMEClosing Bell Friday | September 25, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Closing Bell Friday, September twenty-fifth. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Kansas and the Hogs and Pigs report tell two different stories. National Beef adjusted shifts in Liberal. Cattle shipments have been delayed. That can become a problem for next week’s production schedule, regardless of where the cutout closed. USDA reported a smaller pig crop despite record productivity. Those missing pigs

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06:51

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST | Closing Bell Friday |...

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2026/09/25

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTClosing Bell Friday | September 25, 2026Your daily market update on all things proteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Closing Bell Friday for September 25, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Kansas and the Hogs and Pigs report tell two different stories, but both matter if you’re buying protein for the fourth quarter. National Beef adjusted shifts in Liberal, cattle shipments have been delayed, and buyers

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01:32

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME Special Report | USDA...

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2026/09/25

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME Special Report | USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs | September 25, 2026Fewer hogs. Record productivity.HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Special Report, September twenty-fifth. From The Sparks Group. USDA Hogs and Pigs.SHAWN: I’ve spent plenty of time talking about cattle numbers and how heavier carcasses have helped make up for fewer animals. Yesterday’s report reminded me that pork is a different animal, literally. The hog herd is down two percent. Producers saved a record

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07:41

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST Special Report | USDA...

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2026/09/25

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTSpecial Report | September 25, 2026Fewer hogs. Record productivity.USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs — September 2026Your daily market update on all things proteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is a Special Report for September 25, 2026, from The Sparks Group. USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report: fewer hogs, record productivity.SHAWN: I’ve spent plenty of time talking about cattle numbers and how heavier

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08:13

THE PROTEIN PULSE | Thursday Margin Monitor |...

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2026/09/24

HOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Thursday Margin Monitor for September 24, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Everybody has an answer for making beef cheaper. I’m just not convinced everybody understands what it takes to put it on the dinner plate — especially in Washington. Until you’ve shoveled inedible byproducts beneath a slaughter floor in a hundred-degree-plus heat just to keep the line running, or spent ten hours inventorying

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01:42

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME | Thursday Margin...

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2026/09/24

HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Thursday Margin Monitor, September twenty-fourth. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Everybody has an answer for making beef cheaper. I’m just not convinced everybody understands what it takes to put it on the dinner plate — especially in Washington. And hell, if that isn’t enough, I paid six forty-nine a gallon for diesel yesterday here in Oklahoma. Everybody wants affordable beef. Before Washington starts telling everybody how to make it cheaper, maybe we ought to

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01:45

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIME | Wednesday Watchlist...

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2026/09/23

THE PROTEIN PULSE — DRIVE TIMEWednesday Watchlist | September 23, 2026HOST: Protein Pulse Drive Time. Wednesday Watchlist, September twenty-third. From The Sparks Group.SHAWN: Know your market. Know your external risks. And make sure your meat isn’t paying somebody else’s bills. August placements fell nine point two percent to the lowest August on record — one point six one seven million head. On-feed still up seven-tenths. Year-to-date slaughter down seven point five percent, about one point six

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09:05

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCAST | Wednesday Watchlist |...

Protein Pulse Podcast ·

2026/09/23

THE PROTEIN PULSE PODCASTWednesday Watchlist | September 23, 2026Your daily market update on all things proteinHOST: Welcome to The Protein Pulse Podcast — your daily market update on all things protein. This is Wednesday Watchlist for September 23, 2026, from The Sparks Group.SHAWN: You know the protein business is getting interesting when a truckload of frozen chicken becomes currency. According to reports out of Memphis, a driver allegedly offered one hundred ten thousand dollars’ worth of Koch

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