Lean hog futures down 30 to 80 cents at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.61 on Tuesday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 40 cents on August 21 at $92.86.
USDA released Cold Storage data on Monday, showing pork stocks at 439.43 million lbs at the end of July. That was a 3.43% decline from June but up 8.6% from a year ago.