LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Apr 09, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, April 8, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,996 4,095 3,194 Swine or Pork Market Formula 932 824 554 Negotiated Formula 87 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 233 250 160 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,615 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 941 367 31.00-50.50 43.30 400-449 817 425 33.00-50.50 43.41 450-499 743 474 38.00-50.50 47.58 500-549 656 524 46.00-54.50 50.52 550/up 415 588 47.00-54.00 51.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 700 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,569 Kansas 174 Minnesota 1,085 Missouri 328 Nebraska 827 South Dakota 178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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/l