The Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News has created reference materials for assistance with our reports. To learn more about the commodities and reports, you can View the LPGMN Reporter’s Handbook (pdf)
Glossary of Terms
- General Market Terms
- Bioenergy
- Cattle
- Feedstuffs
- Goats
- Grains
- Hay
- Meat
- Organic
- Poultry & Eggs
- Retail
- Rice, Beans, and Lentils
- Sheep
- Swine
Resources and Report Overviews
- A User’s Guide to USDA’s LMR Boxed Beef Cutouts (pdf)
- A User’s Guide to USDA LMR Cattle Price Reports (pdf)
- A User’s Guide to USDA’s LMR Lamb Carcass Cutout (pdf)
- A User’s Guide to USDA’s LMR Pork Carcass Cutout
- A User’s Guide to USDA’s LMR Hog Price Reports
- A User’s Guide to USDA’s LMR Pork Reports
- Base Lean Hog Carcass Slaughter Cost Report
- By-Product Drop Value (Steer) - Overview (pdf)
- Comprehensive Boxed Beef Cutout Overview (pdf)
- Cow and Bull Movement Graph Overview (pdf)
- Hay Quality Designation Guidelines (pdf)
- Live Feeder Cattle Grade Standards (pdf)
- Live Slaughter Cattle Grade Standards (pdf)
- Livestock Mandatory Reporting: Cattle Reports Video
- National Boxed Beef Weekly Item Summary Overview (pdf)
- National Weekly Fed Cattle Comprehensive Overview (pdf)
- Negotiated Hog Purchase Matrix Overview (pdf)
- Region Terminology (pdf)
Customer Notifications
- USDA to Enhance National Weekly Comprehensive and Export Pork Reports
- USDA Market News Moves Hog Reports to One Convenient Format
- Use of Automated Data Access (pdf)
- USDA Publishes National Comprehensive Pork Report (pdf)
- USDA Expands Market Reporting to Include Specialty Pork Products (pdf)
- USDA Revises Regional Swine Market Reports (pdf)
- USDA Implements LMR Account Activity Notification System (pdf)
- USDA Publishes New Daily Direct Hog Reports (pdf)
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Resources
- Pork LMR Webinars
- LMR Technical Requirements
- 3/70/20 Confidentiality Guideline
- Cattle Reporting
- Swine Reporting
- Live Lamb & Lamb Meat Reporting
- Boxed Beef Reporting
- Wholesale Pork Reporting
- Compliance Review Process
- 2018 Report to Congress
Presentations
To view an archive of presentations covered by Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News along with other programs and services, visit our AMS Presentations page.