
Lean hog futures are down 20 to 70 cents so far on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Wednesday morning due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was up a penny on December 22 at $83.72. The CME will close early today, with no trade on Thursday.
NASS released their quarterly Hogs & Pigs report on Tuesday afternoon, with December 1 hog inventory at 75.55 million head, up 0.63% from last year. December 1 market hogs were up 0.75% at 69.59 million head, with hogs kept for breeding down 0.87% to 5.952 million head.