The United States Department of Agriculture released the National Daily Hog and Pork Summary from Des Moines, Iowa on May 28. The report provides an overview of hog prices, pork cutout values, and slaughter statistics as of 1:30 PM that day.
According to the summary, the negotiated barrow and gilt carcass base price was $120 live. The national weighted average for carcass base price was $93.64 with a head count of 2,232, while the live price averaged $69.20 with a head count of 1,457. The change from the prior day showed a decrease of $1.00 in some categories. For specific regions such as Iowa/Minnesota and Eastern Cornbelt, some data were not reported due to confidentiality.
The National Daily Pork Report FOB Plant listed carcass cutout values at $99.11 per hundredweight with a change of +0.76 from the previous reporting period. Primal cuts such as loin stood at $93.97 (up by 0.56), butt at $151.92 (up by 1.32), picnic at $78.27 (up by 1.69), rib at $182.71 (down by 4.01), ham at $85.19 (up by 2.25), and belly at $112.14 (down by 0.99). Total loads reported were over 335.
Estimated daily hog slaughter under federal inspection reached approximately 476,000 head for May 28; this figure matched year-ago actuals but was down from last week’s estimate of about 484,000 head for the same period.
For the week ending Saturday, May 16, total hogs slaughtered under federal inspection numbered more than two million across all categories: barrows/gilts made up over ninety-seven percent; sows accounted for about two-and-a-half percent; boars comprised less than one percent.
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