LM_HG232 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Dec 12, 2018 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, December 11, 2018 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 1,890 2,620 2,054 Swine or Pork Market Formula 399 348 442 Negotiated Formula 128 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 656 680 416 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,122 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 294 361 30.00-39.00 33.10 400-449 319 423 31.00-40.00 35.15 450-499 399 474 29.00-47.50 37.76 500-549 630 528 37.50-48.50 43.66 550/up 359 581 38.50-49.88 46.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 28 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Illinois 1,433 Indiana 180 Michigan 172 Mississippi 46 North Carolina 601 Ohio 239 Pennsylvania 172 Virginia 83 Wisconsin 147 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 .