Low Belly Prices Continue to Impact Pork Cutout Values

With the long holiday weekend behind, buyers are now back and looking to schedule full production weeks. Combined with the lower slaughter, it resulted in tighter spot supplies and higher prices towards the end of the week.Full ReportLow Belly Prices Continue to Impact Pork Cutout Values The pork cutout at the end of last week was quoted at $99.5/cwt, 7.2% lower than a year ago. In the last two weeks, hog slaughter has been 2.316 million and 2.143 million head compared to 2.5 million back in Mar