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July lean hogs rose $7.80 in the week ended May 20, 2022, closing at $109.00 per hundredweight. The CFTC showed noncommercial net longs fell to 7,765 contracts, the smallest in nearly two years, while August live cattle fell to a six-month low after a bearish Cattle on Feed report.
Packers paying above formula prices for scarce hogs supports hog values, while the cattle slide reflects a bearish USDA placement and inventory report.
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