DTN Hog Prices/Trends                  08/20 11:50
LOCATION       TREND     BAR/GILTS    HEAD  SOW TREND LT SOWS    HVY SOWS BOARS 
*DORCHSTR, WI  Steady      50.00       430  Steady    30.00      40.00    15-25
*GARNAVILLO,IA Steady      56.00       200  Steady    36.00      46.00    18-28
RED OAK, IA P  Sale 1st & 3rd Wednesday of Each Month
***Dorchester & Garnavillo are now Premise ID Hogs Only***
P = Private Source(not necessarily a terminal) * = Pre-opening Call; 
Carcass Basis 49-51% Carcass 185# 
DTN publishes private source hog prices as they are reported to us. DTN is
not responsible for the accuracy of these numbers.
LOCATION       TREND     BAR/GILTS    HEAD  SOW TREND LT SOWS    HVY SOWS BOARS 
WCB* WA  69.99 1.30 Lr NA Due to USDA Chngs(Prior Day)21.00-44.44 39.92-48.25
ECB* WA  NA Confident  NA Due to USDA Chngs(Prior Day)24.00-46.50 39.26-47.50
IA/MN WA 70.82 0.93 Lr NA Due to USDA Chngs(Prior Day)21.00-44.44 39.94-48.25
NAT'L WA 68.14 1.64 Lr  58.00-72.50  5,620 (Prior Day)21.00-46.50 39.26-48.25
IL                                     .    .         .          .        .
VOLUME: IL  - 13,297  / IN/OH -  13,738 / IA/MN -   2,449
NEG:   WCB* -  4,471  /  ECB* -   4,435 / IA/MN - 104,279 / NAT'L   1,350
WCB, ECB, IA/MN and Nat'l are all plant delivered. (WA=Weighted Average; 
NEG=Negotiated; WCB*=Western Cornbelt; ECB*=Eastern Cornbelt)

***USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has revised its Livestock 
Mandatory Reporting (LMR) direct swine reports to provide more continuous 
coverage of the regional negotiated swine markets. 

Since the implementation of LMR in 2001, the volume of barrows and gilts
purchased on a negotiated basis has declined from 17 percent of the market to
about 1 percent today.  The thinness of the negotiated market has made it
increasingly difficult for AMS to publish regional market information while
maintaining the confidentiality requirements set forth in the statute.

As requested by the pork industry, AMS will publish only weighted average
prices for carcass and live basis negotiated barrows and gilts and 
not show the daily volumes or price ranges on the Iowa-Minnesota, 
Western Cornbelt, and Eastern Cornbelt regional daily and prior 
day swine purchase reports going forward. This revision allows AMS 
to publish as much regional data as possible while preserving 
confidentiality. The National swine purchase reports will
continue to include volume, price ranges, and weighted average 
prices for the negotiated barrow and gilt market. The other swine 
purchase types - other market formula, swine or pork market 
formula, and other purchase arrangement are not impacted by this 
revision.***