LM_HG200 Des Moines, Iowa Fri, Mar 01, 2019 USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY HOG REPORT PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, February 28, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 6,584 11,274 11,504 Other Market Formula (Futures/Options) 55,704 54,740 40,613 Swine or Pork Market Formula 141,767 145,087 132,324 Other Purchase Arrangement 72,036 66,672 72,560 Negotiated Formula 1,240 1,445 1,029 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 8,146 7,987 7,650 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED OTHER SWINE OTHER NEGOTIATED TOTALS/ MARKET OR PORK PURCHASE FORMULA WTD AVG FORMULA MARKET ARRGMENT (FUT/OPT)** FORMULA Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): Producer Sold Head Count 4,896 54,718 135,021 68,204 165 263,004 Base Price 44.68 60.79 50.03 57.54 * 54.09 Packer Sold Head Count 7,286 Base Price 48.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 5,616 Compared to Prior Day's closing weighted average (LM_HG200), 0.60 lower Compared to the prior day, on a plant by plant basis, weighted average base prices were 2.32 lower to 1.00 higher, the market trend is 1.25 lower to unchanged. Slow market activity with light demand. Base Price Rng $42.00 - $45.29, Wtd Avg $44.68, 5 Day Rolling Avg $45.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 165 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* 5 Day Rolling Avg $-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMBINED NEGOTIATED & NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASES (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 5,781 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* 5 Day Rolling Avg $-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT NEGOTIATED HOG PURCHASE MATRIX REPRESENTING INDIVIDUAL PACKER CARCASS MERIT BUYING PROGRAMS based on both Fat and Muscle Measurements for a 200 lb Carcass Basis LOIN AREA/DEPTH (INCHES) BF 4.0/ 1.4 5.0/ 1.7 6.0/ 2.0 7.0/ 2.3 8.0/ 2.7 0.4 45.00 48.50 46.50 50.00 47.50 51.00 46.50 51.50 46.50 52.49 0.5 42.00 48.37 45.00 49.32 47.50 50.27 46.50 51.22 46.50 52.49 0.6 42.00 47.46 45.00 48.42 46.50 49.37 47.50 50.32 46.50 51.59 0.7 42.00 46.56 42.00 47.51 45.00 48.50 47.50 49.50 46.50 50.68 0.8 41.00 45.65 42.00 46.60 45.00 47.55 46.50 48.51 48.00 50.00 0.9 41.00 44.75 42.00 45.70 42.00 46.65 45.00 47.60 47.50 49.50 1.0 39.00 43.84 41.00 44.79 42.00 45.74 45.00 47.00 46.50 48.50 1.1 38.00 42.71 41.00 43.66 42.00 44.61 42.00 45.56 46.00 48.50 1.2 36.50 41.35 39.00 42.30 41.00 43.50 42.00 44.50 45.00 47.00 1.4 31.50 36.50 36.41 40.00 37.36 41.00 38.32 43.50 39.58 44.50 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARCASS WEIGHT DIFFERENTIALS 145# -32.00 -4.53 175# -4.00 1.00 205# -3.62 3.00 155# -30.00 0.00 185# -1.00 1.50 215# -3.62 3.00 165# -15.00 0.00 195# -0.91 3.00 225# -3.62 1.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SLAUGHTER DATA SUBMITTED 5-Day Rolling Average Market Hog: 201.00 lb carcass, 0.63 inch back-fat, 7.17 square inch loin/2.39 inch loin depth, FFLI: 53.31% Price Range $47.50 - $50.32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWINE OR PORK MARKET FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 139,276 Base Price Range $42.48 - $60.40, Weighted Average $49.98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (live basis, 240-320 lbs): 1,235 Compared to Prior Day's closing weighted average (LM_HG200), 2.45 lower Price Rng $28.50 - $38.00, Wtd Avg $34.24, 5 Day Rolling Avg $36.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (live basis, 240-320 lbs): 1,412 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* 5 Day Rolling Avg $-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMBINED NEGOTIATED AND NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASES (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (live basis, 240-320 lbs): 2,647 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* 5 Day Rolling Avg $-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN Canada 1,359 Delaware 62 Georgia 160 Iowa 104,871 Illinois 26,392 Indiana 19,379 Kansas 2,837 Kentucky 1,811 Maryland 167 Michigan 8,416 Minnesota 48,696 Missouri 4,598 Montana 438 North Carolina 13,955 North Dakota 380 Nebraska 13,380 New York 340 Ohio 18,515 Oklahoma 3,301 Pennsylvania 3,526 South Carolina 720 South Dakota 5,643 Tennessee 2,258 Wisconsin 5,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Price not reported due to confidentiality, for more information visit: www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/ConfidentialityGuidelines.pdf *Base Price is the price from which no discounts are subtracted and no premiums are added. ** Futures/Options 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 .