1.   Ample supplies allow meatpackers to bid lower for available animals, traders said.

2.   Because of that glut, meatpackers are bidding down the prices when farmers call to say they want to deliver a truckload of pigs.

3.   Hog futures fell amid concern that ample supplies allowed meatpackers to bid lower for available animals.

4.   Meatpackers are bidding higher for live hogs, traders said, suggesting there are still concerns about tight supplies.

5.   Meatpackers bid about a half cent a pound more for live hogs today, traders said.