LM_HG230 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, Mar 18, 2019 USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Friday, March 15, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 6,909 8,194 8,035 Swine or Pork Market Formula 1,461 1,471 1,516 Negotiated Formula 218 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 1,739 1,156 1,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,604 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 939 369 26.00-48.00 40.22 400-449 1,007 426 27.00-50.25 39.44 450-499 1,685 474 29.00-51.00 44.37 500-549 1,769 522 34.00-52.00 46.61 550/up 761 583 44.00-52.00 47.78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 218 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 218 376 * * * 400-449 0 - 450-499 0 - 500-549 0 - 550/up 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMBINED NEGOTIATED & NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,822 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 1,157 369 * * * 400-449 1,007 426 27.00-50.25 39.44 450-499 1,685 474 29.00-51.00 44.37 500-549 1,769 522 34.00-52.00 46.61 550/up 761 583 44.00-52.00 47.78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWINE & PORK MARKET FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,267 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 320 379 32.14-39.63 37.03 400-449 484 428 32.00-41.82 37.61 450-499 441 477 42.86-48.64 45.55 500-549 498 524 45.00-50.61 48.34 550/up 335 589 46.32-52.22 49.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 1359 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 200/Up 804 369 14.00-24.00 21.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Arkansas 282 Canada 864 Illinois 752 Indiana 400 Iowa 2,293 Kentucky 72 Michigan 403 Minnesota 1,978 Missouri 951 Nebraska 703 North Carolina 457 Ohio 323 Oklahoma 426 Pennsylvania 111 South Carolina 182 Virginia 36 Wisconsin 215 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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