LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Apr 16, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, April 15, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,102 3,996 2,558 Swine or Pork Market Formula 687 932 385 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 155 233 382 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,782 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 622 374 33.75-53.00 45.03 400-449 716 425 34.00-54.00 44.95 450-499 529 475 47.50-58.50 51.04 500-549 519 524 48.50-59.50 53.43 550/up 381 593 49.50-60.50 54.87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 441 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,221 Kansas 80 Minnesota 321 Missouri 205 Nebraska 944 South Dakota 173 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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