LM_HG214 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, May 20, 2013 USDA Market News WEEKLY NATIONAL DIRECT SWINE REPORT For Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 2013 WEEKLY VOLUME and PERCENTAGES OF BARROWS & GILTS BY PURCHASE TYPE FROM PRIOR DAY SLAUGHTERED SWINE REPORTS (Live and Carcass Basis) YTD PRODUCER SOLD: Head Count Percent Percent NEGOTIATED 59,736 3.15% 3.50% OTHER MARKET FORMULA 107,972 5.70% 7.41% SWINE OR PORK MARKET FORMULA 780,971 41.22% 41.16% OTHER PURCHASE ARRANGEMENT 293,622 15.50% 15.40% PACKER SOLD (ALL PURCHASE TYPES) 80,823 4.27% 4.25% PACKER OWNED 571,670 30.17% 28.27% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY VOLUME & WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICES OF BARROWS & GILTS FROM PRIOR DAY PURCHASED SWINE REPORTS (Includes Packer Sold) NATIONAL IOWA WESTERN EASTERN MINNESOTA CORNBELT CORNBELT Negotiated (Carcass) Head Count 39,801 18,881 20,364 19,310 Wtd Avg $90.11 $90.16 $89.96 $90.29 Other Market Formula (Carcass) Head Count 140,798 65,334 74,815 65,983 Wtd Avg $88.32 $89.04 $89.62 $86.85 Swine/Pork Market Formula (Carcass) Head Count 801,177 479,582 580,292 202,211 Wtd Avg $90.26 $89.79 $89.89 $91.18 Other Purchase Arrangement (Carcass) Head Count 287,433 203,652 203,652 83,313 Wtd Avg $91.86 $91.64 $91.64 $92.38 Negotiated (Live) Head Count 22,622 18,113 19,128 3,494 Wtd Avg $70.03 $70.22 $70.02 $70.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY VOLUME & WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICES OF NEGOTIATED SOWS FROM PRIOR DAY PURCHASED SWINE REPORTS NATIONAL IOWA WESTERN EASTERN MINNESOTA CORNBELT CORNBELT Weight Head Avg Head Avg Head Avg Head Avg Range Count Wgt Price Count Wgt Price Count Wgt Price Count Wgt Price 300-399 6,348 370 51.51 1,823 373 52.68 3,996 369 51.13 1,352 374 52.73 400-449 7,998 427 50.96 2,808 426 51.81 4,564 426 51.08 1,804 426 50.30 450-499 6,496 475 53.95 1,905 475 55.46 3,078 475 54.65 2,172 475 54.11 500-549 7,213 523 56.18 2,178 523 56.91 3,139 524 56.88 2,933 523 55.44 550/up 3,069 586 57.38 909 588 58.12 1,305 587 58.34 594 586 57.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATE OF ORIGIN B & G SOW BOAR B & G SOW BOAR Alabama 886 0 0 Arkansas 4 1,150 0 Arizona 458 0 0 Canada 2,230 5,085 186 Colorado 2,805 0 0 Delaware 80 0 0 Georgia 357 291 0 Iowa 66,586 9,078 2,870 Idaho 35 0 0 Illinois 00,430 4,329 61 Indiana 70,793 1,313 0 Kansas 18,460 205 0 Kentucky 9,622 75 0 Maryland 236 0 0 Michigan 35,810 1,552 0 Minnesota 30,100 3,221 39 Missouri 12,405 4,518 167 Mississippi 290 192 0 Montana 2,201 0 0 N Carolina 65,490 3,936 49 N Dakota 1,037 0 0 Nebraska 64,486 2,508 40 New York 1,443 0 0 Ohio 68,474 1,280 0 Oklahoma 11,756 3,334 48 Pennsylvania 15,337 567 0 S Carolina 1,753 573 0 S Dakota 27,651 1,027 33 Tennessee 7,619 0 0 Texas 4,898 0 0 Utah 22,307 0 0 Virginia 0 367 0 Wisconsin 3,310 401 49 West Virginia 174 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1200C