Hogs Falling on Friday

April 24, 2026 at 13:26 PM EDT

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Lean hog futures are falling $1.07 to $1.509 so far on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.60 on Friday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 38 cents on April 22 at $91.43.

USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from the Friday AM report was back up $2.63 at $100.45 per cwt. The rib and ham primals were the only reported lower. USDA estimated Thursday’s federally inspected hog slaughter at 490,000 head, taking the week’s total to 1.966 million head. That is down 2,000 head from the previous week and 183,932 head above the same week last year.

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May 26 Hogs are at $94.575, down $1.075,

Jun 26 Hogs are at $102.025, down $1.425

Jul 26 Hogs are at $105.100, down $1.325,

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