Pork packer margins remained just above breakeven to average $6.32/head for the week as the Lean Carcass Value was up about $1/cwt. to average $105.93/cwt. for the week.
The stronger hog market put about $5/head on producer margins for an estimated weekly average of $80.74/head. Sterling projects farrow-to-finish margins to average $58.75/head for all of 2025 while packer margins will average $4.85/head.
With the increased number of market hogs slaughtered last week, plant utilization was estimated to average 95% compared to 87% the prior week.
View the full Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending Sept. 13.
The Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are calculated by Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore.
(Note: The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker calculates an average beef cutout value for the week in its estimates for feedyard and packer margins. Other prices in the weekly Profit Tracker also are calculated weekly averages. Feedyard margins are calculated on a cash basis only with no adjustment for risk management practices. The Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are intended only as a benchmark for the average cash costs of feeding cattle and hogs. Sterling Marketing is a private, independent beef and pork consulting firm not associated with any packing company or livestock feeding enterprise.)
