LM_HG231 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, Mar 15, 2010 USDA Market News IOWA/MINNESOTA DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Friday, March 12, 2010 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 2,750 2,731 2,760 Swine or Pork Market Formula 376 204 354 Packer Sold (all purchase types) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,021 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 253 374 37.00-53.37 47.74 400-449 647 424 37.00-52.50 46.51 450-499 384 474 37.00-55.74 51.61 500-549 367 523 51.28-57.56 55.71 550/up 96 587 54.56-59.27 57.64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 729 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Iowa 2,381 Minnesota 745 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .