Barrows and gilts cash prices near Logansport, IN. USDA AMS MARS Report 2498 — national weighted average with Indiana context. Updated daily Monday–Friday.
Indiana's hog sector is heavily integrated. Contract finishing dominates, with Smithfield and Seaboard subsidiaries owning sows and contracting finishing to local farms. Cass, Carroll, and White counties in north-central Indiana are the state's pork heartland.
Indiana Packers Corp Delphi (#1 Indiana pork plant); Clemens Food Group Hatfield PA (buys IN hogs); Tyson
USDA AMS Report 2498 captures the prior day's national weighted average for barrows and gilts. Indiana producers selling through packer contracts receive this benchmark price adjusted for their specific contract terms — lean percentage premiums/discounts, sort loss, and transportation. GrainBrief Pro shows the national benchmark plus the typical Indiana basis range derived from historical AMS data.
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