LM_HG230 Des Moines, Iowa Thu, Oct 05, 2017 USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, October 4, 2017 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 6,580 6,486 5,863 Swine or Pork Market Formula 2,240 2,019 2,474 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 1,364 1,289 947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,814 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 1,001 370 20.00-38.00 32.94 400-449 1,125 427 23.00-39.00 31.20 450-499 1,349 475 26.52-40.00 32.65 500-549 1,946 524 25.21-39.38 34.46 550/up 736 585 27.87-39.90 35.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 0 - 400-449 0 - 450-499 0 - 500-549 0 - 550/up 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMBINED NEGOTIATED & NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,814 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 1,001 370 20.00-38.00 32.94 400-449 1,125 427 23.00-39.00 31.20 450-499 1,349 475 26.52-40.00 32.65 500-549 1,946 524 25.21-39.38 34.46 550/up 736 585 27.87-39.90 35.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWINE & PORK MARKET FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,605 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 297 370 27.88-39.03 34.14 400-449 558 425 27.06-38.62 32.67 450-499 528 476 28.06-36.95 33.38 500-549 543 525 34.51-40.23 36.15 550/up 361 587 35.82-41.86 36.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 765 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 200/Up 467 392 14.00-25.00 23.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Arkansas 88 Canada 1,835 Georgia 93 Illinois 727 Indiana 318 Iowa 2,028 Kentucky 90 Michigan 161 Minnesota 697 Missouri 1,088 Nebraska 951 North Carolina 880 Ohio 343 Oklahoma 272 Pennsylvania 299 South Carolina 87 South Dakota 253 Wisconsin 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Division, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 email: desm.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain 0800C .