LM_HG205 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, May 20, 2013 USDA Market News IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, May 20, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual Actual Actual Today Today Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 1,285 350 146 786 Other Market Formula 675 320 0 2,025 Swine or Pork Market Formula 34,860 19,992 21,780 16,600 Other Purchase Arrangement 70,336 47,812 51,023 18,845 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 3,402 462 1,393 840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 195 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IOWA/MINNESOTA 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 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARCASS WEIGHT DIFFERENTIALS *Price not reported due to confidentiality* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SLAUGHTER DATA SUBMITTED *Price not reported due to confidentiality* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWINE OR PORK MARKET FORMULA PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 20,687 *Price not reported due to confidentiality* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (live basis, 240-300 lbs): 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 56,563 Minnesota 14,083 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *For more information, please visit www.ams.usda.gov/ConfidentialityGuidelines* Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 email: desm.lgmn@usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1100C .