LM_HG231 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Apr 30, 2019 USDA Market News IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, April 29, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 2,745 2,568 1,975 Swine or Pork Market Formula 719 591 419 Negotiated Formula 85 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,439 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 440 371 42.00-61.00 54.24 400-449 589 428 42.00-65.25 54.55 450-499 461 475 47.00-66.00 60.25 500-549 562 526 58.00-67.00 62.96 550/up 278 581 61.00-67.30 64.37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 550 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,203 Minnesota 1,261 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Price not reported due to confidentiality, For more information visit: www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/ConfidentialityGuidelines.pdf 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