Lean hog futures experienced a mixed trading session on Monday, with nearby contracts fluctuating within a dime of unchanged. The CME Lean Hog Index surged back up thirteen cents to eighty-three dollars and eighty-four cents. USDA omitted reporting the national base hog price due to low volume, while the pork carcass cutout value dropped one dollar and seventy-five cents to ninety-five dollars and ninety-six cents per hundredweight. The butt primal was the sole exception, rising in value. Federally inspected hog slaughter totaled four hundred forty-four thousand head, a decrease of fifty-two thousand head from the previous week and forty-one thousand sixty head below the same week last year. Key contracts displayed varying performance at the close, with February twenty twenty-six hogs settling at eighty-four dollars and forty-seven cents, down five cents; April twenty twenty-six hogs ending at eighty-nine dollars and forty cents, down eight cents; and May twenty twenty-six hogs bucking the trend, closing at ninety-three dollars and forty-five cents, up three cents. Despite light action, the lean hog market remained relatively stable. Checkout Solipillow.com

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