NASS's quarterly report as of March 1 showed the pig population at 74.751 million, up 0.6% year-on-year. The USDA reported the breeding stock at 6.02 million HEAD.
The USDA reported that 55,300 tons of pork were sold in the week ending March 21. This was a new annual high and the highest since December 15, 2022, helped by sales to Vietnam and Italy. The volume of supplies amounted to 34.2 thousand tons, and the annual volume of supplies amounted to 390 thousand tons. This is 9.4% higher than last year's figure.
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Average price for pigs
Negotiated price
Price in slaughter weight
Price in live weight
On a national basis LM_HG203:
-price range ($)
- weighted average. price
-Change from the day before
-volume of sales
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54.39-64.90
63.65
+3.51
834
Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:
- weighted average. price
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Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:
- weighted average. price
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Eastern Corn Belt LM_HG210:
- weighted average. price
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WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE FOR PIGS
Weekly approximate volume of pig slaughter, thousand heads
PORK PRODUCTION