USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 05/08 14:45
05/08/2026 | 2:45 pm CDT USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 05/08 14:45
LSDLM_HG217
Des Moines, IA Fri, May 08, 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 2,548 2,548 3,354 5,063
Other Market Formula 26,336 26,336 17,805 23,451
Swine/Pork Market Formula 125,183 125,183 125,053 131,818
Other Purchase Arrangement 51,316 51,316 57,456 55,936
Negotiated Formula 792 792 700 349
Pack. Sold (all purchase types) 25,806 25,806 27,038 31,605
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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 636
Lowest Base Price 90.00
Highest Base Price 95.00
Weighted Average Price 93.77
Change from Previous Day 3.07
Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 636
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Other Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 28,105 17,277 22,202 5,903
Lowest Base Price 78.40 78.40
Highest Base Price 102.78 102.78
Weighted Average Price 89.10 94.17
Change from Previous Day
Swine/Pork Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 138,382 75,469 86,657 46,366
Lowest Base Price 78.19 78.19 78.19 80.57
Highest Base Price 99.25 99.25 99.25 98.79
Weighted Average Price 89.07 89.01 88.96 89.12
Change from Previous Day
Other Purchase Arrangement (carcass basis)
Head Count 52,611 27,145 28,766 22,385
Lowest Base Price 80.80 80.80 80.80 81.22
Highest Base Price 108.79 103.19 103.19 108.79
Weighted Average Price 89.12 89.96 90.02 87.79
Change from Previous Day
Negotiated (live basis)
Head Count 1,397
Lowest Base Price 62.00
Highest Base Price 75.00
Weighted Average Price 69.60 72.43
Change from Previous Day -1.43
Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 1,022
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 2,419
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# -25.00 -14.62 175# -9.15 .00 205# .00 4.00
155# -25.00 -5.00 185# .00 .00 215# -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 Hog1 lb carcassnch back-fatre inch loinh loin
depthFFLI: 52.22
Price Range $93.33 - $99.00
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BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN
Canada 5,917 Colorado 83
Iowa 78,909 Illinois 17,845
Indiana 16,084 Kansas 1,011
Kentucky 2,532 Michigan 9,796
Minnesota 43,426 Missouri 2,216
Montana 226 North Carolina 6,917
North Dakota 170 Nebraska 10,988
Ohio 19,781 Oklahoma 1,275
Pennsylvania 5,992 South Dakota 6,503
Tennessee 1,650 Wisconsin 660
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