06.27.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, June 27, 2025

Runner market commentary
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Hog slaughter dropped to an estimated 1.975 million head last week. The long holiday weekend cut into the hog harvest and the downtime at JBS exacerbated the tightness in production. Slaughter is expected to rebound this week to 2.325 million head, up 17 percent from last week. The next six weeks, which include the July 4th holiday, the hog harvest is forecast out at an average of 2.313 million head per week. The next six weeks are forecast down 0.6 percent from…
06.24.2025
Correction to sausage casings, resale, North American hog runners, whiskered, ex-works North America on June 20: pricing notice
North American hog runners price published on Friday was incorrect due to a formula miscalculation. The original reported price of $1.63 has been corrected to the accurate rolling average...