Please Note – The Jacobsen will close trading at noon CT on Wednesday, November 25th and publish the Animal Proteins Bulletin shortly after. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Hog slaughter finished last week at an estimated 2.71 million head, down 2.04 percent from a year ago levels and up 1 percent from the week prior. The slaughter is forecast to trend lower over the next six weeks, projected at 2.35 million head this week and to 2.12 million head on the week ending January 1^st. The next six weeks are forecast at an average of 2.44 million head, down 9.5 percent from…