LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Thu, May 02, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, May 1, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,610 4,907 3,210 Swine or Pork Market Formula 944 900 681 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 634 734 700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,395 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 787 369 42.00-64.00 54.70 400-449 820 425 43.00-65.00 53.48 450-499 854 474 48.00-66.00 58.66 500-549 582 523 48.00-67.00 62.05 550/up 332 593 58.80-68.00 64.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 822 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 1,842 Kansas 10 Minnesota 828 Missouri 824 Nebraska 1,267 South Dakota 417 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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