Hogs Posting Midday Weakness

Lean hog futures are showing Wednesday losses of 10 to 60 cents in the front months at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Wednesday morning due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 29 cents on November 6 at $59.99.

USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was down 23 cents in the Wednesday AM report, at $69.75. The rib, ham, and belly were the primals reported lower. Federally inspected hog slaughter Tuesday was estimated at 495,000 head, taking the weekly total to 991,000 head. That was 13,000 head above last week and 43,029 head larger than the same week last year.

Dec 26 Hogs  are at $55.700, down $0.100,

Feb 27 Hogs  are at $60.150, down $0.600

Apr 27 Hogs are at $66.475, down $0.425,

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