Cash cattle averaged $204.12 per cwt., up from last week, while lean carcass hog prices came in at $81.79 per cwt.

Pork packers saw losses of about $3 per head, or $10 per head less than the previous week and $53 lower than the same week a year ago. Hog slaughter was estimated at 2.223 million head ...

Cash cattle averaged $202.96 per cwt., up from last week, while lean carcass hog prices were slightly down at $81.08 per cwt.

Market hogs mostly move from Eastern Canada, and Grier said negotiations will be at play in that sector. The U.S. packer may ...

“Packer owned hogs in the U.S. is up to 40% of the U.S. herd, and that’s a number that’s continued to increase,” says Shulz. “We could see increases in packer owned hogs, and if that ...