4-24-15 was up 0.56 to 66.10 putting the MMMs premium by 14.00. That's a pretty wide "Gap" but the component keeps on adding about a half point day-after-day. A lot of "Gap" can be closed with a half-point bounce day-after-day.

The 6-day moving average carcass weight held steady at 214.48#. That's -3.14# under the same date last year but 6.08# heavier than 2013. Packer hogs are running 4.0# heavier than non-packer hogs. I think this says that packers want heavier hog.

The number of hogs scheduled today is +13.84% higher than the same date last year. I was beginning toworry that producers were running short of hogs based on the low scheduled numbers last week but they seem to be shaking loose over the weekend.

Best wishes,

dhm.