LM_HG231 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, May 01, 2019 USDA Market News IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, April 30, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 2,758 3,077 2,528 Swine or Pork Market Formula 443 672 547 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 15 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,500 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 577 369 45.94-64.00 55.55 400-449 527 422 41.00-64.75 56.59 450-499 734 476 46.00-68.58 62.73 500-549 352 522 59.50-72.73 64.69 550/up 304 591 46.00-72.73 64.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 259 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,005 Minnesota 1,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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