LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Apr 17, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, April 16, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,439 4,276 3,029 Swine or Pork Market Formula 477 515 770 Negotiated Formula 102 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 318 667 555 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,046 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 736 372 38.78-55.00 46.21 400-449 497 427 39.77-56.00 47.82 450-499 712 477 41.00-58.50 52.10 500-549 606 523 42.66-59.00 53.87 550/up 396 585 52.00-60.00 55.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 593 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 1,864 Kansas 194 Minnesota 906 Missouri 636 Nebraska 549 South Dakota 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 .