Market Activity

Trading today was fairly quiet for the spot market. There was some action in the CWG truck market at steady pricing. April DCO was reported at $0.2300 out of the Illinois market.

Hog slaughter continues to run at a very strong rate with 462,000 head estimated today. Kills this week are anticipated to jump north of 2.4 million head before dropping off slightly next week. March slaughter is forecast above 2.4 mil head per week at an average of 4.8% ahead of…