LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, May 01, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, April 30, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,948 4,327 3,561 Swine or Pork Market Formula 725 1,051 848 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 240 593 557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,720 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 844 371 42.00-64.00 54.61 400-449 781 423 41.00-64.75 55.10 450-499 936 476 46.00-68.58 62.01 500-549 620 523 59.50-72.73 63.67 550/up 532 591 46.00-72.73 64.66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 259 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,005 Kansas 166 Minnesota 1,196 Missouri 895 Nebraska 564 South Dakota 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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