The runner market looks virtually identical to the runner market at the start of April, a container of NA at $1.18 and EU trading between €0,87 and 0,94. Depending on who is queried, the market is either flat or heading north. Hog kills remain robust in the US, which should be keeping the market well supplied, but a lack of non-contract material is keeping the spot material market as high as $1.18.
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