Lean hog futures are up another 40 to 75 cents so far on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $88.96 on Friday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was 40 cents higher on Feb 18 at $87.59.
USDA tallied 27,255 MT of pork sold in the week of 2/12, a 5-week low. Export shipments were a total of 35,653 MT, the lowest for the calendar year.
