Hogs Shift Focus to Friday Trade

Austin Schroeder Barchart Fri May 30, 7:32AM CDT
Brown and white piglet by Fernando Cavalcanti via Pixabay

Lean hog futures saw front months down 12 to 32 cents on Thursday, with some deferred contracts higher. Preliminary open interest was up 5,595 contracts. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was reported at $98.95 on Thursday afternoon, a 66 cent increase from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 47 cents on May 27, at $93.52. 

USDA’s FOB plant pork cutout value from the Thursday PM report was $104.62, back up $2.22. The rib primal was the only reported lower. Federally inspected hog slaughter for Thursday was estimated at 480,000 head by the USDA, taking the weekly total to 1.439 million head. That is down 2,311 head from the same holiday week last year.

Jun 25 Hogs  closed at $100.025, down $0.250,

Jul 25 Hogs  closed at $102.975, down $0.325

Aug 25 Hogs  closed at $103.400, down $0.125,


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