USDA National Daily Direct Morning Hog Report 04/29 11:00
04/29/2026 | 11:00 am CDT USDA National Daily Direct Morning Hog Report 04/29 11:00
LSDLM_HG216
Des Moines, IA Wed, Apr 29, 2026
DAILY DIRECT MORNING 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 5,683 5,183 2,391 4,388
Other Market Formula 19,331 18,991 19,400 23,959
Swine/Pork Market Formula 113,566 100,379 82,571 86,271
Other Purchase Arrangement 59,012 55,919 42,714 53,044
Negotiated Formula 1,065 1,065 132 170
Pack. Sold (all purchase types) 29,464 29,464 18,211 22,555
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Volume and Price Range For Barrows and Gilts
Purchased Swine (Including Packer Sold)
National Iowa/ Western Eastern
Minnesota Cornbelt Cornbelt
---------------------------------------------
Negotiated (carcass basis)
Head Count 3,585
Lowest Base Price 87.00
Highest Base Price 96.00
Weighted Average Price 92.87 93.29
Change from Previous Day .62 .61
Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 1,015
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 4,600
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Other Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 18,563 10,128 14,243 4,320
Lowest Base Price 79.57 89.15
Highest Base Price 96.90 96.90
Weighted Average Price 90.84 93.64
Change from Previous Day
Swine/Pork Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 118,599 68,814 80,335 33,655
Lowest Base Price 80.97 81.52 81.52 80.97
Highest Base Price 97.27 97.27 97.27 95.56
Weighted Average Price 89.89 89.62 89.56 90.38
Change from Previous Day
Other Purchase Arrangement (carcass basis)
Head Count 57,460 36,587 38,257 17,742
Lowest Base Price 82.06 84.39 84.39 82.06
Highest Base Price 102.26 102.26 102.26 102.22
Weighted Average Price 90.48 90.84 90.92 89.34
Change from Previous Day
Negotiated (live basis)
Head Count 1,389
Lowest Base Price 57.75
Highest Base Price 72.00
Weighted Average Price 68.38
Change from Previous Day -3.41
Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 140
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 1,529
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT (PDF) (LSDLM_HG216) 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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CARCASS WEIGHT DIFFERENTIALS
145# -26.00 -13.00 175# -9.20 -1.35 205# .00 4.00
155# -26.00 -10.00 185# -1.50 .00 215# .00 4.00
165# -26.00 -3.37 195# .00 3.00 225# -1.33 3.50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SLAUGHTER DATA SUBMITTED
5-Day Rolling Average Market Hog7 lb carcassnch back-fatre inch loinh loin
depthFFLI: 52.87
Price Range $91.00 - $100.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN
Canada 5,635 Iowa 78,989
Illinois 15,767 Indiana 11,706
Kansas 1,520 Kentucky 2,408
Michigan 5,775 Minnesota 40,154
Missouri 2,695 North Carolina 6,699
North Dakota 170 Nebraska 12,815
New York 170 Ohio 12,772
Oklahoma 1,904 Pennsylvania 4,678
South Dakota 4,179 Tennessee 2,310
Wisconsin 655
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0600059D]