Hogs Extend Weakness to Close the Month

Lean hog futures were down 12 cents to $1.12 on Friday, with December losing $6.70 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $60.29 in the Friday PM report, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down $1.00 on October 28 at $67.30.

Commitment of Traders data from Friday showed managed money in lean hog features and options increasing their record large net short position by 5,976 contracts as of Tuesday, taking it to 47,109 contracts.

USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was down 59 cents in the Friday afternoon report, at $70.10. The belly primal led the charge higher, up $22.12, with the ham the only other primal reported higher. Federally inspected hog slaughter for this week was estimated at 2.608 million head. That was 2,000 head below last week but 28,897 head above of the same week last year.

Dec 26 Hogs  closed at $58.875, down $0.950,

Feb 27 Hogs  closed at $63.750, down $0.975

Apr 27 Hogs  closed at $69.500, down $1.125,

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