Lean hog futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts 35 cents to $1.80 higher. USDA’s national base hog price was ...

Last year, hog prices spent a good part of summer and early fall above $100/cwt. Early in this year the futures market was betting this summer would also see numerous weeks of $100 plus prices. At the ...

Lean hog futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts 35 cents to $1.80 higher. Open interest was up just 358 contracts ...

Lean hog futures are collapsing so far on Monday, ahead of the quarterly Hogs & Pigs report. The national average base hog negotiated price was not reported on Monday morning, with the 5-day rolling ...

Lean hog futures are trading with losses of 65 cents to $1.60 in the nearbys on Thursday. The USDA national average base hog negotiated price was up 95 cents at $88.49 in the Thursday AM report. The ...

Though lower feed costs in 2024 have provided opportunities for profitability, hog producers have a long way to go to make up for their 2023 losses, when farrow-to-finish operations lost $31 per head.