LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, Apr 29, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Friday, April 26, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,897 3,119 4,045 Swine or Pork Market Formula 736 506 840 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 381 285 966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,553 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 761 371 47.00-62.00 54.45 400-449 891 426 41.00-63.00 53.90 450-499 838 475 41.00-64.00 58.61 500-549 567 525 58.00-65.00 61.11 550/up 495 588 58.00-66.74 62.24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 979 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 1,996 Minnesota 1,422 Missouri 283 Nebraska 1,176 South Dakota 360 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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