Canadian hog slaughter so far this year is up 2 point 6 per cent from a year ago.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reports Ontario slaughter is up 2 tenths of a percent over 2014 - the second smallest change of any of the provinces.
Ontario's hog price for the week ending December 5th was down over 21 per cent from the same week a year ago.
Live hog exports to the U-S are running almost 13 per cent above 2014 numbers.
University of Missouri economist Ron Plain reports last week's U-S hog slaughter was 2 point 242 million head.
That's up a tenth of a per cent from the week before and up 7 point 3 per cent from the same week last year.
The U-S national negotiated barrow and gilt price Friday was $49.93 per hundredweight, down a dollar 63 on the week.
