Margins across the pork industry were generally unchanged from the previous week with packers breaking even and producers posting a margin of $37 per head during Easter week.
Hog slaughter was down last week with plant utilization estimated at 89.5% against 93.4% the previous week.
View the full Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending April 19.
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.)
