LM_HG233 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, May 21, 2013 USDA Market News WESTERN CONBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, May 20, 2013 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 3,021 4,090 3,014 Swine or Pork Market Formula 635 951 949 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 459 495 154 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,861 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 862 372 40.92-57.04 52.09 400-449 717 426 46.12-62.28 54.17 450-499 624 475 48.00-61.50 57.60 500-549 503 523 55.00-62.50 60.19 550/up 155 590 55.00-63.50 61.34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 433 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,207 Kansas 46 Minnesota 417 Missouri 845 Nebraska 418 South Dakota 182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0800C .