LM_HG231 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, Apr 22, 2019 USDA Market News IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Friday, April 19, 2019 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 2,185 2,887 2,324 Swine or Pork Market Formula 475 528 316 Negotiated Formula Packer Sold (all purchase types) 106 5 232 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 1,780 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 386 374 47.00-57.00 51.01 400-449 465 427 41.00-57.75 50.05 450-499 392 474 41.00-60.00 53.68 500-549 317 523 54.00-61.50 58.45 550/up 218 589 55.00-62.50 59.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 661 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 1,599 Minnesota 1,167 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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