"They sold enough product in the first two weeks to feed a third of the pigs in the country," Richert says. Paylean is the trade name for ractopamine hydrochloride, a pharmaceutical product that ...

Cash cattle averaged $210.22 per cwt., up $6 from last week, while lean carcass hog prices came in slightly higher at $82.71 ...

Cash cattle averaged $204.12 per cwt., up from last week, while lean carcass hog prices came in at $81.79 per cwt.