LM_HG232 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Oct 04, 2017 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, October 3, 2017 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 1,730 1,816 1,760 Swine or Pork Market Formula 421 505 355 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 412 329 315 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 1,887 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 200 377 27.71-35.00 33.94 400-449 200 421 22.00-36.00 32.89 450-499 594 477 28.00-37.25 33.62 500-549 434 523 31.10-38.88 34.99 550/up 206 582 33.10-38.38 36.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 10 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Illinois 810 Indiana 364 Michigan 187 Mississippi 61 North Carolina 674 Ohio 227 Pennsylvania 184 Wisconsin 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .