date:Apr 29, 2014
h before and 11.2 per cent less than a year ago. The large decline in pork stocks is surprising, given the run up in pork prices expected this summer.
Stocks of frozen bellies, however, were up 54.9 per cent from a year ago.
Hog weights keep setting records. The average live weight of barrows and gilts in Iowa-Minnesota last week, 286.4 pounds, was record high for the fifth consecutive week. Last week's average was up 0.7 pound from a week earlier and up 9.3 pounds from a year ago.
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