In the document registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Smithfield Foods said it would offer a total of 34.8 million shares priced in a range of $23 to $27 as it seeks a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. That equates to as much as $939.6m.

Smithfield Foods Inc. is offering Wall Street a seat at the table for potential growth in its packaged-meats business as the bacon and lunch-meat manufacturer set an estimated market capitalization of nearly $11 billion in its upcoming initial public offering.

Smithfield Foods is targeting a valuation of up to $10.73 billion in its New York flotation, the Farmland bacon maker said on Tuesday, moving closer to its much-anticipated U.S. stock market return after more than a decade.

Smithfield Foods Inc.’s initial public offering is seeking to raise as much as about $940 million, in what would be the biggest food company listing in the US in more than three years.Most Read from B

The country’s top pork processor reveals the size and price range of its long-rumored separation from China’s WH Group, but a date has not been chosen.

Smithfield Foods is targeting a valuation of up to US$10.73bil in its New York flotation, the biggest US pork processor says, moving closer to its US stock market return after more than a decade.