Hog Prices Hit 3-Year Highs

Jul 11, 2025

By David Anderson

We’ve written a lot in Southern Ag Today over the last couple of months on cattle and beef prices, but some other things are happening in livestock markets. Hog prices have jumped to their highest level in three years, bringing some needed profits to the industry.

Weekly national average barrow and gilt carcass prices, net of premiums and discounts, hit $113.14 per cwt at the end of June. That was the highest price since the beginning of September 2022. The average price a year ago was $88.79 per cwt. Higher hog prices are showing up in higher wholesale pork prices, as well. Wholesale hams, pork bellies, loins, ribs, and trimmings for sausage have all been increasing in price in recent weeks.

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Video: What Happens When Pigs Adapt to High Soybean Meal Diets? - Gustavo Lima

In this special rerun episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Gustavo Lima, PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University, discusses how grow-finish pigs respond to high soybean meal diets. He explains the initial drop in feed intake, changes in backfat, later adaptation, energy efficiency, amino acid utilization, and the rise in nitrogen excretion at higher inclusion levels. Listen now on all major platforms!

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“Once they got adapted to the diet, they can handle higher levels of inclusion of soybean meal.”

Meet the guest: Gustavo Lima / gustavo-lima-a9867127 is a PhD candidate in Animal Science at Iowa State University whose work focuses on swine nutrition, ingredient characterization, energy metabolism, caloric efficiency, and applied data analysis. With more than 15 years of experience in swine production across Latin America, Gustavo also brings expertise in environmental control, performance evaluation, barn ventilation, and grow-finish housing. Learn more from Gustavo Lima on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.