CHICAGO, - Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit contract highs for a third day in a row on Wednesday as U.S. supplies continued to be tighter than expected, analysts said. Live cattle ...
USDA estimated Wednesday’s FI hog slaughter at 488,000 head, with the week to date total at 1.464 million head. That is 1,000 head below the previous week but 25,030 head above than the same ...
Choice was $1.84 lower at $317.60 and Select was $3.95 lower at $285.37. The Choice/Select spread was $32.23. Estimated cattle slaughter was 121,000 head, down 3,000 on the week and down more than ...
USDA estimated Thursday’s FI hog slaughter at 486,000 head, with the week to date total at 1.950 million head. That is 2,000 head below the previous week but 25,453 head above the same week last ...