trucare s configuration capabilities enable rapid alignment of the system to current care management needs and efficient evolution of the trucare solution configuration over time trucare was designed on six core principles differential care management dcm is a core fundamental capability of the trucare platform dcm allows segmentation of populations by many different factors such as line of business state region population and program which results in more targeted interventions fewer errors and greater efficiency
There were no regional price quotes this morning for the eastern corn belt or for Iowa-Minnesota. This morning's national negotiated hog price is 79.8% of the cutout value. The top hog price today at Peoria was $39/cwt, down $1.50 from a week ago. Today's top price for interior Missouri live hogs was $43.50/cwt, down $2.25 from last Friday. This week's hog slaughter totaled 2.236 million head, up 2.0% from last week and up 0.9% from the same week last year.
However, with more pigs per litter and heavier weights, pork production is expected to be only about one percent smaller. Live hog prices in 2015 averaged $50.23 per hundredweight for 51 percent to 52 percent lean carcasses, according to USDA. My current forecast is that prices will be in a range of $49 to $54 for all of 2016, about $1 higher than last year. Live weight prices averaged about $46 in the first quarter of this year. Prices are expected to rise to the $55 to $58 range for averages in the second and third quarters and finish the year in the mid-to-higher $40s. Hog prices stand ready to make their normal seasonal rally into the early summer.