US: Hog Market Review 31 Weeks Ending August 4, 2025

Lean hog futures rose 22 cents to 62 cents across all contracts Friday, while the August contract was still down $1.35 this week. The USDA National Benchmark Pork Price was down $2.76 from the previous day at $108.91 Friday afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 14 cents at $110.37 on July 30.

The USDA reported FOB pork at $116.94 per hundredweight (carcass weight). Only premium hams were down, while brisket was up $8.72. The USDA estimated hog slaughter at 2.336 million HEAD, up 6,000 head from last week but down 6,879 head from the same week last year.

Probable price ranges for next week:

August Lean Pork Futures $105.00-$110.00, Down

September Soybean Meal Futures $250.00-$275.00, Down

December Corn Futures $4.00-$4.20, 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

98.00-114.50

108.91

-2.76

1560

No data

Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:

- weighted average price

107.65 (-4.17)

No data

Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:

- weighted average price

109.15 (-2.67)

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