LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Thu, May 09, 2019 USDA Market News WESTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, May 8, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 4,120 3,610 3,757 Swine or Pork Market Formula 773 944 954 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 585 634 626 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 3,766 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 851 370 44.00-67.00 56.24 400-449 945 424 46.00-68.00 57.49 450-499 683 474 47.00-69.00 62.74 500-549 776 525 53.62-72.24 67.47 550/up 340 590 62.00-72.54 68.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 690 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,258 Minnesota 770 Missouri 837 Nebraska 1,143 South Dakota 470 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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