DTN Hog Prices/Trends                  04/30 11:50

LOCATION       TREND    BAR/GILTS     HEAD SOW TREND LT SOWS HVY SOWS BOARS
*DORCHSTR, WI  Steady     50.00        525  Steady    36-37   38-39    10.00
*GARNAVILLO,IA Market Closed Today
*RED OAK, IA   Sales take place on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month
*ILLINOIS SLAUGHTER SOWS & BOARS     1,175  Steady    42-48   48-54     8-28
***Dorchester & Garnavillo are now Premise ID Hogs Only***
* = Private Source(not necessarily a terminal);
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        LT SOWS      HVY SOWS
ECB* WA  $NA Confident   / 43.00-58.00  54.62-64.21 (Prior Day)
WCB* WA  $90.41 No Comp  / 25.00-61.00  49.37-63.25 (Prior Day)
IA/MN WA $90.69 No Comp  / 25.00-61.00  52.00-63.25 (Prior Day)
NAT'L WA $90.72 No Comp  / 25.00-62.50  44.78-64.21 (Prior Day)
NAT'L BAR/GILTS FULL RANGE: $82.00-$92.00 /  #HEAD   2,906
VOLUME BY STATE OF ORIGIN:  IL  -  11,344 / IN/OH - 19,578 / IA/MN - 116,078
NEG VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE: ESTIMATED - NAT'L  4,407 / ACTUAL TODAY:  3,963
WCB, ECB, IA/MN and Nat'l are all plant delivered. (WA=Weighted Average; 
NEG=Negotiated; WCB*=Western Cornbelt; ECB*=Eastern Cornbelt)