Hogs Extend Losses into the Weekend

Lean hog futures posted losses of 25 cents to $1.57 on Friday, as December fell $5.35 on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $46.21 in the Friday afternoon report, up $4.42 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another $1.07 on November 4 at $62.86.

Weekly CFTC data showed managed money adding another 3,383 contracts to their record net short position in the week ending on 11/3, taking it to 50,492 contracts.

USDA’s pork carcass cutout value was up $1.66 in the Friday PM report, at $70.65. The loin and rib were the only primals reported lower. Federally inspected hog slaughter for this week was estimated at 2.664 million head. That was 56,000 head above last week and 27,655 head above the same week last year.

Dec 26 Hogs  closed at $53.525, down $1.575,

Feb 27 Hogs  closed at $58.700, down $1.475

Apr 27 Hogs  closed at $66.500, down $0.625,

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