This report is a daily grain report containing bids and/or trades of grain commodities. Grain commodities are classed and graded based on official USDA standards or guidelines for coarse grains, oilseeds, and/or pulses. Price information is released by USDA’s Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division under the Voluntary Price Reporting authority of USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service. This report contains price spreads and simple averages for individual grain commodities and may include a basis calculated from the current day or prior day close of a publicly traded futures price. The commodity exchanges used in calculating the basis are identified as either the Chicago Board of Trade, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, or Kansas City Board of Trade.

** 08/10/2020 - Report modified to include all OR Grain Reports (AMS_3148 and AMS_3145 ) **

This release reports a daily summary of national formula purchases of direct slaughter cattle in the afternoon, with commentary on general market activity, and includes weight and price statistics for steers and heifers by class. Also included are comparisons to numbers from a week ago and a year ago.

This report concerns the Western Cornbelt Daily Direct afternoon hog sales. Data presented includes number of hogs sold, categorized based on purchase type. Purchase type information include price ranges on both a live and carcass basis. Additional data is available for hog purchase by state of origin.

This is a report of negotiated sales of national daily boxed beef cutout and boxed beef cuts as of 1:30PM. Includes values and load counts for beef cutouts and number of trades, volume, and prices for boxed beef cuts.

National 5-Day Rolling Average Boxed Lamb Cuts - Negotiated Sales (PDF) (LM_XL500)

This is a daily summary of cow and boneless beef loads and weighted prices, estimated and actual slaughter, and bids. Also includes comparisons to previous data from a week ago and a year ago. This report is a consolidation of information from a number of individually linked reports.

Daily Market Rates (Grain/Miscellaneous Commodities)

This report contains the daily direct prior day sow and boar report nationally, including current volume by purchase type and market formula, negotiated purchase for sows, as well as sows and boar purchases by state of origin.

This report concerns the Western Cornbelt Daily Direct prior day swine sales. Data presented includes number of hogs sold, categorized based on purchase type. Purchase type information include price ranges on both a live and carcass basis. Additional data is available for swine purchase by state of origin.

This report contains the national direct sow price comparison and head count based on state of origin (National, Iowa Minnesota, Western Cornbelt, and Eastern Cornbelt) and by weight class.