US Hog Market Review Week 19, May 12, 2025

CHINA is a major buyer of U.S. pork, and the loss of China as an EXPORT market for U.S. pork amid the ongoing trade war has weighed heavily on pork futures.

June lean pork futures prices hit a three-week low late this week, with the daily price uptrend fizzling out. The pork futures market has consistently shown great resilience to price declines over the past several months. Fundamentally, the latest CME lean pork index is up 3 cents at $90.16 on May 6. Pork tenderloin is down 16 cents at $95.54 on Wednesday, remaining in the choppy range of the past six weeks. Pork tenderloin prices continue to trade sideways as uncertainty over global trade continues to weigh on pork markets.

Probable high and low price ranges for next week:

June Lean Pork Futures - $95.00 to $101.975 and Sideways

July soybean meal futures $289.70-$308.10 and sideways

July Corn Futures - $4.40-$4.70 and Sideways Down

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Average price of pigs

Negotiable 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

-sales volume

88.00-98.00

94.47

+0.45

3689

72.50-74.50

73.57

+2.14

1141

Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:

- weighted average price

93.34 (-0.23)

No data

Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:

- weighted average price

93.17 (-0.40)

No data

Eastern Corn Belt LM_HG210:

- weighted average price

No data

No data

WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE OF PIGS

Weekly approximate volume of pig slaughter, thousand heads

PORK PRODUCTION