Hogs Post Gains Across the Board on Friday
Lean hog futures found some footing on Friday, with contracts up 30 cents to $2.40 across the board on the session, as December was up $1.92 on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $43.10 on Friday afternoon, up $3.46 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down $1 on November 11 at $58.78.
Export Sales data showed 39,485 MT of pork sales in the week of November 5 for 2026 shipment, back up from last week. Actual exports were tallied at 36,504 MT in that week.
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USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was up just 41 cents in the Friday morning afternoon, at $69.55. The loin and butt were the only primals reported lower. Federally inspected hog slaughter for the week was estimated at 2.719 million head through Saturday. That was 72,000 head below last week and 32,781 head larger than the same week last year.
Dec 26 Hogs closed at $55.450, up $0.300,
Feb 27 Hogs closed at $61.375, up $0.375
Apr 27 Hogs closed at $68.500, up $1.675,
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