LM_HG232 Des Moines, Iowa Thu, Apr 18, 2019 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, April 17, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 2,158 1,799 2,173 Swine or Pork Market Formula 329 517 356 Negotiated Formula 81 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 327 583 448 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,241 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 128 368 31.93-52.00 41.37 400-449 359 426 31.93-53.63 48.58 450-499 600 473 41.50-60.00 55.66 500-549 520 525 41.00-59.92 54.06 550/up 264 584 53.00-61.00 56.17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 83 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Georgia 140 Illinois 817 Indiana 351 Michigan 184 North Carolina 586 Ohio 130 Pennsylvania 347 Virginia 80 Wisconsin 228 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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