COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Hog prices for Friday as provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service:
Barrows and gilts on a carcass basis: 54 cents lower.
On a carcass basis plant delivered (54-62 pct. lean)
50.00-53.38, weighted avg. 51.81.
Actual pricing with lean premiums added
0.8-0.9 inches backfat: 50.00-56.13.
0.6-0.7 inches backfat: 52.50-57.38.
Friday's estimated negotiated sales: 7,143.
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