1. As a result, retailers have been promoting beef rather than pork, leaving wholesale pork markets awash in meat. 2. At the same time, wholesale pork prices rose. 3. A recent drop in wholesale pork prices reflects the slack demand. 4. Hog futures rose amid expectations that a recent slump in wholesale pork prices will encourage increased buying by supermarkets and restaurants. 5. Hog futures were mixed as speculation that low wholesale pork prices will lure consumers from other meats offset concern that supplies are ample. 6. Hog futures rose amid speculation that falling wholesale pork prices will begin spurring consumer demand for pork. 7. In CHICAGO, hog futures rose amid expectations that a recent slump in wholesale pork prices will encourage increased buying by supermarkets and restaurants. 8. In CHICAGO, hog futures rose amid speculation that falling wholesale pork prices will begin spurring consumer demand for pork. 9. In CHICAGO, hog futures were mixed as speculation that low wholesale pork prices will lure consumers from other meats offset concern that supplies are ample. 10. Meatpackers are slaughtering fewer hogs because wholesale pork prices are failing to keep up with the high cost of animals. |