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North American hog slaughter volumes kept packing plants near capacity, but strong export demand kept pork values high. U.S. pork exports reached 181,534 tonnes in October, up nearly 12% from September, as China's African swine fever outbreak cut its pork output by over 35%.
Chinese demand for imported pork is supporting North American hog and pork cutout prices despite heavy seasonal supply.
After 85 past bullish trade events, Lean Hogs moved a median +0.8% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.8% to +4.5%), and +4.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.