USA: Pig market review for 18-19 weeks 2023

The USDA said on Thursday morning that pork EXPORT sales fell to 30,000 tons from 49,000 tons. Sales to CHINA , the world's largest consumer of pork, fell to 5,600 tons from 14,200 tons. Signs of sluggish demand from China , despite the end of the zero-tolerance policy against covid-19 , weighed on pork prices throughout the spring. The most actively traded June LHM3 lean pork futures fell 0.3 cents to 83.875 cents a pound.

The U.S. Supreme COURT on Thursday upheld a California law that bans the sale of pork in America's most populous state from confined pigs, dismissing an industry claim that the voter-backed animal welfare measure unacceptably regulates out-of-state farmers.

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Average price for pigs

Negotiated price

Price in carcass weight

Price in live weight

National based LM_HG203:

-price range ($)

- weighted average. price

-Change from the day before

-volume of sales

68.00-79.50

74.36

-2.95

3159

47.00-61.75

59.05

-0.91

1692

Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:

- weighted average. price

No data

No data

Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:

- weighted average. price

No data

54.03 (-5.00)

Eastern Corn Belt LM_HG210:

- weighted average. price

No data

No data

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE FOR PIGS

Weekly approximate volume of slaughter of pigs, thousand heads

PORK PRODUCTION