USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 07/15 14:45
07/15/2026 | 2:45 pm CDT USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 07/15 14:45
LSDLM_HG217
Des Moines, IA Wed, Jul 15, 2026
DAILY DIRECT AFTERNOON HOG REPORT
Current Volume by Purchase Type
Barrows and Gilts Live and Carcass Basis
Estimated Actual Actual Actual
Today Today Week Ago Year Ago
Producer Sold
Negotiated 16,849 16,849 7,933 7,680
Other Market Formula 25,484 25,484 9,919 28,649
Swine/Pork Market Formula 122,452 122,452 127,768 112,460
Other Purchase Arrangement 60,392 60,392 203,043 58,585
Negotiated Formula 1,015 1,015 728 1,330
Pack. Sold (all purchase types) 35,891 35,891 28,364 33,835
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Volume and Price Range For Barrows and Gilts
Purchased Swine (Including Packer Sold)
National Iowa/ Western Eastern
Minnesota Cornbelt Cornbelt
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Negotiated (carcass basis)
Head Count 15,705
Lowest Base Price 94.00
Highest Base Price 101.00
Weighted Average Price 100.66 100.70
Change from Previous Day 2.10 .84
Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 595
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 16,300
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Other Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 29,486 15,059 21,399 8,087
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Swine/Pork Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 143,329 83,258 97,560 40,861
Lowest Base Price 83.06 83.06 83.06 85.71
Highest Base Price 104.36 104.36 104.36 102.42
Weighted Average Price 93.22 93.12 93.06 93.56
Change from Previous Day
Other Purchase Arrangement (carcass basis)
Head Count 60,751 34,595 36,855 21,966
Lowest Base Price 85.93 86.14 86.14 85.93
Highest Base Price 104.11 104.11 104.11 102.03
Weighted Average Price 92.84 93.42 93.52 91.53
Change from Previous Day
Negotiated (live basis)
Head Count 822
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 480
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 1,302
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
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DAILY DIRECT AFTERNOON HOG REPORT (PDF) (LSDLM_HG217) DAILY
DIRECT NEGOTIATED HOG PURCHASE MATRIX
REPRESENTING INDIVIDUAL PACKER CARCASS MERIT BUYING PROGRAMS
based on both Fat and Muscle Measurements for a 200 lb Carcass Basis
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CARCASS WEIGHT DIFFERENTIALS
145# -30.00 -13.00 175# -4.00 1.00 205# .00 4.00
155# -30.00 -5.00 185# -1.50 1.50 215# -8.00 4.00
165# -25.00 .00 195# .00 3.00 225# -30.00 2.00
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MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SLAUGHTER DATA SUBMITTED
5-Day Rolling Average Market Hog0 lb carcassnch back-fatre inch loinh loin
depthFFLI: 53.92
Price Range $100.00 - $105.00
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BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN
Canada 5,348 Iowa 94,153
Illinois 16,429 Indiana 14,135
Kansas 696 Kentucky 3,563
Michigan 7,395 Minnesota 55,171
Missouri 4,202 North Carolina 7,341
North Dakota 170 Nebraska 15,434
Ohio 18,960 Oklahoma 1,655
Pennsylvania 6,087 South Carolina 150
South Dakota 7,819 Tennessee 2,880
Wisconsin 495
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