Market Activity

Trading was quiet to start the week. 

Hog slaughter finished last week at an estimated 2.6 million head, up 1.5% from the week prior and 4.5% from the same week in 2017. Slaughter is expected to take a big drop next for the Thanksgiving holiday, but will return to big numbers heading into late December. Post-Thanksgiving kills are forecast to average 2.58 million head per week. Strong export demand from Mexico will help ameliorate some of the…