Lean hog futures are down 20 to 50 points in the front months on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $66.18 in the Monday morning report. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 99 cents on October 21 at $71.16.
Commitment of Traders data from Friday showed managed money in lean hog features and options trimming just 955 contracts from their large net short position to 41,133 contracts as of Tuesday, October 20th.
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Cold Storage data showed 427.81 million lbs of pork stocks at the end of September, down 0.83% from the end of August, but still 8.77% above the same month last year.
USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was back up $1.31 in the Monday AM report, at $75.40. The pincic primal was only reported lower. Federally inspected hog slaughter for last week was estimated 2.615 million head through Saturday. That was 62,000 head above last week and 38,281 head above of the same week last year.
Dec 26 Hogs are at $65.075, down $0.500,
Feb 27 Hogs are at $67.400, down $0.225
Apr 27 Hogs are at $72.475, down $0.200,
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