
The national hog carcass value, according to the US Department of Agriculture , increased $0.22 to $100.91. The USDA estimated the federally inspected hog slaughter on Friday at 466,000 head, for a total of 2.422 million head, including Saturday's estimate of 40,000 head. For comparison: a year ago there were 2.354 million heads.
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Average price for pigs
Negotiated price
Price in slaughter weight
Price in live weight
On a national basis LM_HG203:
-price range ($)
- weighted average. price
-Change from the day before
-volume of sales
81.00-89.00
85.98
-0.25
1967
56.75-70.40
66.44
Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:
- weighted average. price
No data
No data
Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:
- weighted average. price
No data
No data
Eastern Corn Belt LM_HG210:
- weighted average. price
No data
No data
WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE FOR PIGS
Weekly approximate volume of pig slaughter, thousand heads
PORK PRODUCTION