DTN Hog Prices/Trends                  08/15 10:50

LOCATION       TREND    BAR/GILTS    HEAD  SOW TREND LT SOWS HVY SOWS BOARS
*DORCHSTR, WI  No Comp    75.00       440  No Comp   66-69   72-75    25.00
*GARNAVILLO,IA Market Closed Today
*RED OAK, IA   Sales are on the 1st & 3rd Wed of each month
*WALKER SB, IA Sales are on the 1st & 3rd Wed of each month & reported on Thu 
+ILLINOIS SLAUGHTER SOWS & BOARS      .    .         .       .        .
***Dorchester & Garnavillo are now Premise ID Hogs Only***
* = Private Source(not necessarily a terminal); + = Closing report; 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   / 68.00-94.50  86.00-97.87 (Prior Day)
WCB* WA  $NA Confident   / 48.00-97.80  76.81-98.00 (Prior Day)
IA/MN WA $NA Confident   / 48.00-96.00  79.37-98.00 (Prior Day)
NAT'L WA $114.82 3.32 Lr / 35.23-97.80  76.81-98.00 (Prior Day)
NAT'L BAR/GILTS FULL RANGE 114.50-126.00 /  #HEAD  2,847
VOLUME BY STATE OF ORIGIN:  IL  - 17,372 / IN/OH -  28,757 / IA/MN - 184,477
NEG VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE: ESTIMATED - NAT'L  5,869 / ACTUAL TODAY:  4,629
WCB, ECB, IA/MN and Nat'l are all plant delivered. (WA=Weighted Average; 
NEG=Negotiated; WCB*=Western Cornbelt; ECB*=Eastern Cornbelt)