# Hog Outlook: Bad Week for Hog, Pork Prices
						 | The Pig Site

> National negotiated barrow and gilt carcass prices averaged $66.62/cwt, down $3.26 on the week amid large hog slaughter. Pork cutout fell $10.52 to $78.85/cwt with belly prices down 31%. June pork cold storage stocks were 4.7% below the prior month and 7.7% below a year earlier.

- Date: 2016-07-31 · published 2016-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11077-hog-outlook-bad-week-for-hog-pork-prices-the-pig-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Large slaughter and sharp pork price declines weigh on hog prices, while lower-than-year-ago frozen pork stocks partly offset the bearish supply picture.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2016-08-01 | 5 | -6.9% | -3.3 | Weekly cutout fell $10.52 with bellies down 31% and negotiated carcass prices lower amid large slaughter, a fundamental driver of futures weakness. |

## Sources

- thepigsite.com: https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2016/08/hog-outlook-bad-week-for-hog-pork-prices-1

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