One of the two largest pork primals, off the back leg, roughly 22 to 25 percent of carcass weight. Bone-in cured ham, deli ham, boneless ham combos, and trim items. Live USDA AMS prices for every ham sub-primal, updated every business day.
Source: USDA AMS National Daily Boxed Pork Cutout, Negotiated Sales (LM_PK602). Click any row for the full chart, multi-year history, and seasonal context.
About the pork ham
The ham primal comes off the back leg of the pork carcass and is comparable in size to the loin, typically 22 to 25 percent of carcass weight. Major sub-primals include the inside ham (IMPS 402F), the outside ham (IMPS 402E), various weight-banded boneless ham combos (17-20 lb, 23-27 lb), and ham trim items (insides combo and outsides red combo).
Ham flows heavily into bone-in cured ham programs, deli ham further-processing, and export. The export channel is critical for pork ham in a way that does not apply to most beef primals: bone-in cured product moves to markets that consume ham in traditional formats (parts of Asia for the inside ham, parts of Europe for muscle ham used in prosciutto and speck production). When export demand firms, bone-in ham pricing firms regardless of domestic deli activity.
Ham pricing has a strong seasonal pattern around Easter and Christmas, when retail features pull bone-in cured hams. Ham sub-primals print daily in the USDA AMS National Daily Pork Carcass Cutout report (LM_PK602), with weight-banded boneless lines and the various trim items reporting separately.
Frequently asked
What is the most valuable cut from the pork ham?
Rollout Ham Boneless Boxed is the highest-priced ham sub-primal at $1.84/lb as of 2026-10-14, from the USDA AMS National Daily Boxed Pork Cutout report (LM_PK602).
What's driving pork ham prices today?
Average $1.34/lb across 14 sub-primals Composite is down 2.5% week over week and running 18.9% below its usual level for this time of year.
Are pork ham prices reported by grade?
No. Unlike beef, USDA does not publish a Choice/Select grade split for pork. Each ham sub-primal reports as a single weighted-average daily print on the USDA AMS National Daily Pork Carcass Cutout report (LM_PK602), with weight-band variants where buyers care about portion size.