Lean Hogs (HE-F)
Commodities · Livestock · data since 2000-12-15 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.03%
7d
-12.49%
30d
-5.22%
YTD
+4.52%
1y
-17.79%
Lean Hogs (HE-F) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.5 | 9.7 | -5.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | -1.6 | -5.7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 3.5 | -0.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 10.2 | 8.7 | -2.7 | -11.3 | 5.1 | -18.6 | -0.8 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.2 | -5.1 | 3.0 | -10.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | -2.1 | -0.9 |
| 2023 | -14.6 | 13.8 | -11.7 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 15.8 | 8.9 | -20.7 | -2.9 | -10.6 | -4.1 | -1.2 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 17.0 | -1.7 | -0.8 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 10.6 | -24.1 | -2.5 | -4.8 | -2.4 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | -0.7 | 24.9 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 6.5 | -8.3 | -1.2 | -16.4 | 3.1 | -16.9 | -3.5 | 11.0 |
| 2020 | -20.0 | 9.0 | -16.2 | 13.3 | -3.9 | -20.5 | 15.1 | 3.1 | 35.8 | -9.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | -7.8 | -0.7 | 38.5 | 8.9 | -3.0 | -11.8 | 10.0 | -19.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | -6.0 | 15.2 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | -8.2 | -14.8 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 8.2 | -26.2 | -17.5 | 23.3 | -6.0 | -1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | -2.1 | -2.9 | 2.0 | 22.3 | 10.6 | -11.4 | -23.5 | -9.8 | 22.7 | -5.5 | 11.7 |
| 2016 | 10.0 | 6.3 | -2.3 | 14.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | -16.8 | -8.9 | -22.0 | -2.2 | 6.4 | 29.6 |
| 2015 | -16.9 | 0.0 | -7.5 | 23.3 | 8.9 | -9.1 | 3.0 | -13.3 | 8.1 | -19.5 | -1.3 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 0.9 | 23.9 | 17.9 | -6.6 | -3.7 | 17.0 | -11.0 | -16.9 | 10.0 | -18.5 | 2.6 | -10.1 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | -7.5 | -0.5 | 11.8 | 6.1 | 5.9 | -3.6 | -10.2 | 5.0 | -3.0 | -3.9 | -0.3 |
| 2012 | 3.8 | 2.2 | -6.7 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | -3.8 | -20.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 1.6 | -5.3 | 4.7 | 8.9 | -16.8 | 9.2 | -6.3 | 0.8 | -4.4 |
| 2010 | 1.4 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 22.1 | -8.6 | -3.2 | 8.3 | -12.4 | 3.5 | -14.9 | 4.3 | 15.5 |
| 2009 | -3.8 | 4.0 | -0.9 | -3.7 | 10.0 | -8.2 | -4.5 | -14.1 | 4.0 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 11.9 |
| 2008 | 1.0 | 2.5 | -4.8 | 29.2 | 5.4 | -5.8 | 8.8 | -14.1 | 0.2 | -20.1 | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| 2007 | 4.6 | 5.0 | -5.8 | 18.4 | -0.7 | -5.1 | 3.0 | -8.9 | -11.9 | -8.5 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | -14.3 | 9.9 | -6.7 | 18.5 | 0.1 | 6.6 | -5.5 | -2.4 | -4.9 | 2.1 | -5.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | -3.4 | 0.6 | -7.4 | 13.8 | -7.9 | -9.0 | 3.6 | -6.2 | 5.5 | -8.2 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 4.1 | -1.5 | -15.1 | 13.7 | -10.1 | 17.2 | -3.4 |
| 2003 | -1.3 | 7.1 | -7.8 | 15.2 | 11.9 | -1.2 | -10.5 | -4.4 | 1.4 | -4.0 | -6.3 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | -1.4 | 7.3 | -14.0 | -12.1 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 2.5 | -40.4 | 30.2 | 7.3 | 25.7 | -4.8 |
| 2001 | 4.9 | -0.8 | 4.6 | -2.5 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 0.5 | -4.1 | -6.3 | -2.6 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -2.4 |
| Avg | -0.2 | 6.0 | -0.8 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | -0.6 | -13.8 | 4.3 | -5.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -0.2% | +6.0% | -0.8% | +8.7% | +3.6% | +0.7% | -0.4% | -13.8% | +4.3% | -5.6% | +1.5% | +4.8% |
| Win rate | 62%/26 | 73%/26 | 31%/26 | 81%/26 | 73%/26 | 54%/26 | 52%/25 | 8%/25 | 72%/25 | 28%/25 | 48%/25 | 69%/26 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-72%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±10.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+38.48%
2019-03
Worst month
-40.37%
2002-08
Longest streaks
8▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Lean Hogs
Lean Hogs does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2000. Since 2000 it has ground out +94% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2019 at +38.48%; its worst, August 2002 at -40.37%.
- It has closed April in the green 21 out of 26 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.