
Lean hog futures closed Friday mixed, with nearby August up 50 cents and other contracts 50 to 67 cents lower. August was up $2.22 this week. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $110.27 in the Friday PM report, down $3.34 from the previous report. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 72 cents at $109.95 on July 23.
Monthly Cold Storage data from USDA showed a total of 422.29 million lbs of pork stocks on hand as of June 30. That was down 6.32% from May and 11.1% below last year.