USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 09/16 15:05
09/16/2026 | 3:05 pm CDT USDA National Daily Direct Afternoon Hog Report 09/16 15:05
LSDLM_HG217
Des Moines, IA Wed, Sep 16, 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 7,538 7,538 6,885 8,801
Other Market Formula 13,311 13,311 25,093 27,657
Swine/Pork Market Formula 129,106 129,106 152,075 133,344
Other Purchase Arrangement 62,173 62,173 88,330 62,391
Negotiated Formula 1,286 1,286 1,619 205
Pack. Sold (all purchase types) 27,965 27,965 40,551 30,284
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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 6,699
Lowest Base Price 81.00
Highest Base Price 84.00
Weighted Average Price 82.60 82.63 82.63
Change from Previous Day -1.98 -.97 -.98
Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 815
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 7,514
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Other Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 11,640 3,849 6,052 5,588
Lowest Base Price 73.57 73.57 73.57 74.85
Highest Base Price 91.25 91.25 91.25 82.60
Weighted Average Price 80.32 79.13 80.91 79.68
Change from Previous Day
Swine/Pork Market Formula (carcass basis)
Head Count 148,303 88,632 102,418 40,358
Lowest Base Price 72.00 72.00 72.00 72.24
Highest Base Price 90.91 90.91 90.91 89.86
Weighted Average Price 82.85 82.51 82.40 83.33
Change from Previous Day
Other Purchase Arrangement (carcass basis)
Head Count 62,281 37,620 40,630 19,516
Lowest Base Price 72.67 72.67 72.67 73.20
Highest Base Price 105.56 98.66 98.66 105.56
Weighted Average Price 82.68 81.44 81.56 84.83
Change from Previous Day
Negotiated (live basis)
Head Count 199
Lowest Base Price 54.00
Highest Base Price 60.00
Weighted Average Price 57.54
Change from Previous Day -5.01
Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 611
Lowest Base Price
Highest Base Price
Weighted Average Price
Change from Previous Day
Combined Negotiated/Negotiated Formula (live basis)
Head Count 810
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# -32.00 -13.00 175# -8.35 1.00 205# .00 4.00
155# -30.00 -5.00 185# -1.50 1.50 215# -8.00 4.00
165# -26.00 .00 195# -.50 3.00 225# -30.00 3.50
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MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SLAUGHTER DATA SUBMITTED
5-Day Rolling Average Market Hog2 lb carcassnch back-fatre inch loinh loin
depthFFLI: 52.99
Price Range $80.37 - $88.00
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BARROWS & GILTS PURCHASE BY STATE OF ORIGIN
Canada 6,267 Iowa 84,590
Illinois 19,044 Indiana 12,027
Kansas 1,695 Kentucky 1,544
Michigan 6,047 Minnesota 52,579
Missouri 3,221 North Carolina 8,009
North Dakota 532 Nebraska 11,696
Ohio 17,631 Oklahoma 1,034
Pennsylvania 5,234 South Dakota 6,152
Tennessee 3,097 Wisconsin 980
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