LM_HG230 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, May 22, 2013 USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, May 21, 2013 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 6,356 6,312 7,074 Swine or Pork Market Formula 1,231 1,610 1,604 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 1,690 1,225 1,295 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 6,803 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 1,338 363 40.61-60.00 55.59 400-449 1,266 425 42.00-61.00 54.15 450-499 1,276 475 45.84-64.50 59.05 500-549 1,544 524 49.00-65.50 60.03 550/up 762 584 57.48-66.50 61.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 265 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Arkansas 450 Canada 1,160 Georgia 8 Illinois 843 Indiana 188 Iowa 2,062 Kansas 198 Michigan 378 Minnesota 793 Mississippi 102 Missouri 712 Nebraska 461 North Carolina 692 Ohio 463 Oklahoma 515 Pennsylvania 170 South Dakota 270 Wisconsin 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .