December pig report causes market slippage
DES MOINES, IA -
December’s hog and pig
report showed an inventory
decrease of only four to six
percent, not the 10 percent
predicted by many market
analysts.
As a result of the
emotional reaction to the
report, market prices of
hogs have dropped.
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A factor affecting the
current market price of hogs
is the number of heavy hogs
being sold. Market weights
are averaging 247 to 249
pounds Only one other time
in the last 30 years have
weights averaged over 247
pounds.
The National Pork
Producers Council said that
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pork producers have not
marketed hogs at optimum
weights m anticipation of the
further increase in market
prices for live hogs expected
in the new year
Although pork producers
are disappointed that the
reduction in numbers is not
greater, there is a positive
side. December’s report is
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the first to show a sub
stantial reduction in five
years.
According to Orville
Sweet, Executive Vice
President of NPPC, those
producers being hurt the
worst are the ones who let
their hogs get too heavy. The
same result applies to
producers who let their hogs
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get too heavy in the future.
“After all,” said Sweet,
“an average 20-pound
lighter hog going to market
will have a greater affect on
price than the predicted 10
percent reduction in num
bers.”
The increased price of
gram should also encourage
marketing at lighter
weights
However, we are seeing a
much more disciplined in
dustry than we saw a few
years ago, said Sweet Pork
producers are more
professional in their reac
tions to market aberrations
today.
Cost of producing pork
today is from $47 to $6O per
hundred weight, depending
on the efficiency of the
operation and cost of
facilities.
Bill Buller, President of
NPPC and a producer from
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Brookings, S.D., said, “Pork
producers should get current
in their marketings as soon
as possible and maintain
lighter weights, preferably
220 pounds. This would not
only reduce the surplus but
provide a better product for
the consumer while reducing
the cost of production to the
producer.”
Through promotion and
advertising, a well
disciphned pork industry
successfully moved the
market price of live hogs up
by 30 percent in the last
quarter of 1980, while
maintaining strong supply.
“Our best sources of in
formation indicate to us,”
said Sweet, “that there may
be some more supply
demand adjustments, then
stability should set in
followed by the expected up
trend due to more confidence
in actual numbers.”
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