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Report Summary
Pork/Hogs: First-quarter pork production is reduced to about 7 billion pounds due to tighter availability of slaughter-ready hogs in February. First-quarter prices of live equivalent 51–52 percent lean hogs are unchanged at $62 per cwt. Total pork exports for 2025 are reduced 75 million pounds to 7.22 billion pounds, about 1.5 percent higher than total shipments in 2024.