# Hog Prices Outperform Expectations - Center for Commercial Agriculture

> Hog prices have risen to the mid-$50s per hundredweight live weight from a late-November low near $32, restoring industry profitability. Lower retail pork prices have boosted consumption, and producers' share of the retail dollar hit a record low of 17.5 percent last fall.

- Date: 2017-02-13 · published 2017-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10206-hog-prices-outperform-expectations-center-for-commercial-agriculture
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger consumer demand for pork and improved hog profitability support higher hog prices and could encourage herd expansion, which increases future feed grain demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ag.purdue.edu: https://ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/home/resource/2017/02/hog-prices-outperform-expectations/

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