National Pork Board : Weekly Pork Price Summary, January 24, 2020

Wholesale Pork Pricing Chart - USDA Prices for Pork Sub-primals

Weekly Wt. Average, USDA Weekly National Pork Report FOB Plant - Negotiated Sales (LM_PK610)1

			Price Increase vs. Wk/Yr Ago				Price Decrease vs. Wk/Yr Ago												Average for Week Ending:			January 24, 2020
	BUTTPrimal, Various Styles: 10%of carcass							LOINPrimal, Various Styles: 25%of Carcass						HAMPrimal, Various Styles: 25%of carcass
				Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.			W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y			Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y				Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.			W/W	Year Ago			Y/Y
			Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20			% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.		Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.		Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20			% ch.	25-Jan-19			% ch.
	1/4 Trim Butt VAC	1.01	1.04			-3%	0.82		24%		1/4 Trimmed Loin VAC	0.86	0.82		4%	0.81		6%		17-20# Trmd Selected Ham	0.81	0.78			5%	0.56			45%
	1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac	1.21	1.22			-1%	1.00		21%		1/8 Trimmed Loin VAC	0.90	0.90		0%	0.84		7%		20-23# Trmd Selected Ham	0.82	0.77			6%	0.56			46%
*	1/4 Trim Bnls Butt VAC	1.16	1.17			-1%	1.04		12%		Bnls CC Strap-on	1.08	1.05		3%	1.11		-2%		23-27# Trmd Selected Ham	0.80	0.76			5%	0.48			65%
													Bnls CC Strap-off	1.27	1.29		-2%	1.25		2%		4 Muscle Ham to Blue	1.38	1.42			-3%	1.09			27%
													Boneless Sirloin	1.12	1.12		0%	0.96		17%	*	Insides	1.42	1.36			4%	1.04			37%
													Bone-in Sirloin	0.80	0.80		0%	0.59		34%	*	Outsides	1.38	1.39			-1%	1.03			34%
													Tenderloin	1.70	1.71		-1%	1.79		-5%	*	Knuckles	1.29	1.27			2%	0.96			34%
													Backribs 2.0#/up	2.31	2.29		1%	2.22		4%	*	Outer Shank	0.90	0.84			7%	0.69			31%

Note:

Primal yields include trim, fat, skin, bone, shrink. Total yields do not calculate to 100% due to other products derived from carcass (jowl, neckbones, tail, feet, cutting loss). Trim yield is approximate due to various styles of cutting primals.

PICNICPrimal, Various Styles: 11%of carcass

		Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y
	Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.
	SS Smoker Trim Picnic VAC	0.64	0.60		7%	0.53		20%
*	RS Smoker Trim Picnic Combo	0.58	0.53		8%	0.52		10%
	Picnic Cushion Meat Vac	1.13	1.11		2%	0.92		24%
*	SS Smoker Trim Picnic 1 Pc Vac	0.75	0.81		-7%	0.66		15%

TRIMfrom various primals: 10-30%of carcass

			Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y
		Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.
	42%	Trim Combo	0.27	0.26		6%	0.26		5%
	72%	Trim Combo	0.76	0.72		5%	0.57		33%
*	72%	Trim Boxed, FZN	0.75	0.77		-3%	0.60		25%
*	Picnic Meat Combo Cushion Out	0.84	0.83		1%	0.60		39%
*	Trim w/Trace Combo	0.26	0.26		-1%	0.27		-4%

BELLYPrimal, Various Styles: 16% of carcass

		Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y
	Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.
*	Derind Belly 9-13#	1.42	1.25		14%	1.58		-10%
*	Derind Belly 13-17#	1.37	1.24		10%	1.50		-8%
*	Derind Belly 17-19#	1.16	1.09		6%	unq		n/a
	Skin-on Belly 12-14#	1.16	1.05		10%	1.54		-25%
	Skin-on Belly 14-16#	1.21	1.00		21%	1.29		-7%

SPARERIBSPrimal, Various Styles: 5%of carcass

		Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		W/W	Year Ago		Y/Y
	Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.
	Trmd Sparerib - LGT	1.63	1.59		3%	1.40		16%
	Trmd Sparerib - MED	1.58	1.54		3%	1.36		16%
*	St Louis Spareribs, VAC	2.22	2.18		2%	2.04		9%
*	BBQ Style Spareribs, VAC	1.76	1.74		1%	1.56		13%

		Last Wk.	Prev. Wk.		w/w	Year Ago		Y/Y
	Description	24-Jan-20	17-Jan-20		% ch.	25-Jan-19		% ch.
*	Pork Cutout						
0.78	0.75	4%	0.69	13%

Funded by the Pork Checkoff

1. Prior to April 2013, prices from the voluntary report were used (USDA Weekly National Carlot Meat Report).

*A number of new items have been added to this report, some of which were not available in the voluntary report.

Prepared by: Steiner Consulting Group, 800.526.4612