Hogs Face Pressure on Monday

Austin Schroeder Barchart Mon Jul 14, 4:15PM CDT
Piglets napping by Larry White via Pixabay

Lean hog futures are down a tick in July, which expires on Tuesday, with other contracts falling $1.45 to $2.97 in the nearbys. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $109.58 on Monday afternoon, up $2.89 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 4 cents at $107.10 on July 10. 

USDA’s FOB plant pork cutout value from the Monday PM report was back up 38 cents at $113.85. The butt primal was back down $8.53, with the belly up $5.40. Monday’s estimated hog slaughter was 477,000 head according to the USDA. That was 1,000 head below last Monday and 2,067 head above last year.

Jul 25 Hogs  closed at $106.700, down $0.025,

Aug 25 Hogs  closed at $103.225, down $1.450

Oct 25 Hogs  closed at $87.675, down $2.975,


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