LM_HG232 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Oct 18, 2017 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, October 17, 2017 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 1,796 1,465 1,970 Swine or Pork Market Formula 450 612 782 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 569 504 648 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 1,947 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 160 361 27.00-36.50 33.90 400-449 222 423 22.00-38.75 33.79 450-499 447 475 31.52-40.50 34.79 500-549 667 523 27.00-40.77 35.92 550/up 224 574 35.73-41.50 37.76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 17 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Georgia 93 Illinois 913 Indiana 213 Michigan 182 Mississippi 88 North Carolina 833 Ohio 100 Pennsylvania 275 Wisconsin 118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .