Barrows and gilts cash prices near Wichita, KS. USDA AMS MARS Report 2498 — national weighted average with Kansas context. Updated daily Monday–Friday.
Kansas's hog industry is smaller than its cattle sector but significant. The eastern Corn Belt fringe — Crawford, Cherokee, and Montgomery counties — supports the densest hog concentration. Kansas hogs market primarily to the Seaboard Triumph-Smithfield system via Missouri and Iowa.
Seaboard Triumph Foods (Sioux City, IA — corridor buyer); Triumph Foods St. Joseph MO; Dillons Meat
USDA AMS Report 2498 captures the prior day's national weighted average for barrows and gilts. Kansas 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 Kansas basis range derived from historical AMS data.
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