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Des Moines, Iowa              Fri, Mar 01, 2019                 USDA Market News

EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN
PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, February 28, 2019

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

                                           Actual          Actual         Actual
                                        Prior Day        Week Ago       Year Ago
Producer Sold
  Negotiated                                2,094           2,171          2,842
  Swine or Pork Market Formula                262             294            280
  Negotiated Formula
Packer Sold (all purchase types)              575             709            476
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                                      SOWS
                  NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold)

Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,339

(Live Basis) Weight Range     Head Count     Avg Wgt     Price Range     Wtd Avg
             300-399               103         373       30.50-44.00       36.05
             400-449               391         425       30.50-50.25       40.35
             450-499               501         477       30.50-51.00       43.40
             500-549               668         522       43.63-52.00       48.42
             550/up                295         578       45.50-52.00       48.70
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BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 7
Price not reported due to confidentiality
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SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN

Illinois             1,190             Indiana                  334
Michigan                92             North Carolina           666
Ohio                   288             Pennsylvania             200
Wisconsin              161
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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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