Smithfield Foods ( SFD) began its roadshow on Tuesday for an underwritten initial public offering of 34,800,000 shares of its common stock. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $23.00 and $27.00 per share. The range values the Virginia-based company at $10.7 billion at the high point.

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 maker 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 U.S. initial public offering, the Farmland bacon maker said on Tuesday, moving closer to its much-anticipated stock market return in the country after more than a decade.