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Des Moines, Iowa                Thu, Jan 31, 2019               USDA Market News

IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN
PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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

                                           Actual          Actual         Actual
                                        Prior Day        Week Ago       Year Ago
Producer Sold
  Negotiated                                1,925           2,664          2,190
  Swine or Pork Market Formula                187             397            478
  Negotiated Formula
Packer Sold (all purchase types)                               32            120
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                                     SOWS
                   NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold)
Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis):  1,752

(Live Basis) Weight Range     Head Count     Avg Wgt     Price Range     Wtd Avg
             300-399               439         364       15.00-35.00       26.97
             400-449               338         426       20.00-35.00       27.51
             450-499               438         476       21.00-35.00       31.75
             500-549               416         523       22.58-37.71       34.91
             550/up                121         588           *     *           *
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BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 173
Price not reported due to confidentiality
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SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN

Iowa                 1,447             Minnesota                665
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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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