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Des Moines, Iowa                Fri, May 03, 2019               USDA Market News

WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN
PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, May 2, 2019

                        CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE
                      SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS

                                           Actual          Actual         Actual
                                        Prior Day        Week Ago       Year Ago
Producer Sold
  Negotiated                                4,339           3,561          3,062
  Swine or Pork Market Formula                858           1,187            970
  Negotiated Formula
Packer Sold (all purchase types)              595             652            494
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                                      SOWS
                  NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold)

Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 4,130

(Live Basis) Weight Range     Head Count     Avg Wgt     Price Range     Wtd Avg
             300-399             1,202         364       44.00-65.00       55.69
             400-449               797         424       45.00-66.00       56.29
             450-499               840         472       49.66-72.50       63.79
             500-549               841         523       50.03-71.34       65.02
             550/up                345         590       62.00-71.42       67.68
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BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 932
Price not reported due to confidentiality
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SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN

Iowa                 2,115             Minnesota              1,237
Missouri               679             Nebraska               1,476
South Dakota           376
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*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
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