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Jan 23, 2023![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/blogs/26791/images/4c8c584-afb5-2031-dfa6-1cf750740675_falling-pig.gif)
๐ Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell this week as cash hog prices remained soft and wholesale pork prices lingered near two-year lows.
• Demand on the export front is slow and on the domestic front it can't seem to grab hold – the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) points to the lowest pork carcass cutout since mid-January 2021.
• The stalled demand from China due to the country’s excess of supplies (as we talked about in our last edition), a significant buyer of US pork, is also a factor.
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