LM_HG232 Des Moines, Iowa Fri, Mar 19, 2010 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT PRIOR DAY SOW & BOAR REPORT BASED STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, March 18, 2010 CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE SOWS & BOARS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Actual Actual Actual Prior Day Week Ago Year Ago Producer Sold Negotiated 1,911 2,226 3,865 Swine or Pork Market Formula 344 502 277 Packer Sold (all purchase types) 518 536 617 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS NEGOTIATED PURCHASE (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 1,874 (Live Basis) Weight Range Head Count Avg Wgt Price Range Wtd Avg 300-399 322 369 42.00-49.36 44.79 400-449 395 427 39.16-57.05 46.01 450-499 504 471 38.98-57.05 50.77 500-549 240 528 44.03-60.05 55.09 550/up 95 584 50.50-57.85 53.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARS (Live and Carcass Basis): 37 Price not reported due to confidentiality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOWS & BOARS PURCHASES BY STATE OF ORIGIN Georgia 108 Illinois 784 Indiana 134 Michigan 99 North Carolina 1,099 Ohio 225 Pennsylvania 187 South Carolina 10 Virginia 32 Wisconsin 447 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .