LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Apr 30, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, April 29, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,882 3,410 2,420 Swine or Pork Market Formula 894 855 542 Negotiated Formula 85 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 260 218 357 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,551 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 743 370 40.75-63.00 52.37 400-449 793 428 42.00-65.25 54.43 450-499 747 475 40.75-66.00 60.02 500-549 705 525 58.00-67.00 62.68 550/up 454 586 61.00-67.30 63.94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 590 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,203 Kansas 294 Minnesota 1,261 Missouri 260 Nebraska 668 South Dakota 350 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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