US Hog Market Outlook 51 Weeks Ending December 22, 2025
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According to the USDA, the price of hog carcasses rose by $2.22 on Friday morning to $99.76 per hundredweight. Only tenderloin prices declined. The USDA estimated the number of federally inspected hogs slaughtered this week at 2.683 million. This is 39,000 fewer than last week, but 97,673 more than the same week last year.
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Average price of pigs
Negotiable price
Price in slaughter weight
Price in live weight
On a national basis LM_HG203:
-price range ($)
- weighted average price
-Change compared to the previous day
-sales volume
57.00-70.00
67.45
-1.20
968
43.50-55.25
52.21
+0.48
1865
Iowa/Minnesota LM_HG206:
- weighted average price
67.38 (-1.38)
No data
Western Corn Belt LM_HG212:
- weighted average price
67.38 (-1.24)
No data
Eastern Corn Belt LM_HG210:
- weighted average price
No data
No data
WEEKLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE OF PIGS
Weekly estimated pig slaughter volume, thousand heads
PORK PRODUCTION
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