Market Activity

Two rail cars of lard at $0.3250 were the lone ripples on the pond today.

Hog slaughter continued along at a very strong and upward pace with an estimated 2.52 million head processed last weeks. Kills are forecast to take a downward turn headed into the holiday weekend with 2.4 million estimated for this week and 2.2 for next. After the holiday, the upward swing looks to continue with an average of 2.56 million head, per week, forecast through September and…