LM_HG230 Des Moines, Iowa Fri, Feb 10, 2012 USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, February 9, 2012 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 7,024 7,286 6,836 Swine or Pork Market Formula 1,337 1,276 1,227 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 1,339 1,689 931 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,534 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 949 365 45.99-59.57 55.89 400-449 1,408 429 40.00-60.00 54.06 450-499 1,223 476 45.99-61.75 57.44 500-549 1,855 525 55.00-63.50 60.24 550/up 546 585 56.00-63.50 61.54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 1,011 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Canada 891 Illinois 964 Indiana 315 Iowa 2,216 Kansas 41 Michigan 279 Minnesota 1,553 Missouri 789 Nebraska 402 North Carolina 609 Ohio 263 Oklahoma 842 Pennsylvania 206 South Carolina 185 South Dakota 53 Virginia 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .