# Factors driving high hog prices

> Hog prices were strong this summer, with June-August averages expected about 18% above last year. Slaughter through July fell 1.7% and pork output fell 1.5%, while cold storage pork stocks reached their lowest level since December.

- Date: 2025-08-25 · published 2025-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23472-factors-driving-high-hog-prices
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter pork supply and high competing beef prices support hog prices into fall, which can lift hog producers' feed demand. The analysis is a mechanism-level explanation rather than a new shock.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/market-news/factors-driving-high-hog-prices

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