date:Apr 29, 2014
ter this week totaled 1.999 million head, down 0.1 per cent from the week before and down 6.8 per cent compared to the same week last year. Year-to-date hog slaughter is down 4.3 per cent, but because of heavier weights, pork production is down only 1.3 per cent.
Friday morning's pork cutout value was $116.22/cwt FOB the plants, down $6.08 from the week before, but up $29.07 from a year ago. This morning's hog carcass price averaged 94.0 per cent of the cutout value.
Cash hog prices this week