Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting

Wholesale Pork
LMR Staff and Data

• Pork Team

• Des Moines, IA Office

• 3 Market Reporters

• Analyze 8,000-10,000 records per day

• Generate, edit, and publish 4 daily LMR 

reports and 8 weekly LMR reports
LMR Staff and Data

LMR Coverage 

• 87% of total pork sales captured

• Average of 13.8 million pounds reported 

daily in 2015

• 15% of pork sales are negotiated
LMR Wholesale Pork Criteria

• Anyone slaughtering more than 100,000 

head of swine (barrows and gilts) on 

average the preceding 5 calendar years

• Anyone slaughtering more than 200,000 

head of sows and/or boars on average the 

preceding 5 calendar years

• 24 packers or 50 plants reporting
LMR Wholesale Pork Criteria

• Regulations allow packers to stop 

reporting up to one half hour ahead of 

specified reporting time

• Morning Report: all sales made for 2:00 

PM CST deadline the prior business day 

up until 10:00 AM CST

• Afternoon Report: all sales made from the 

morning submission until the 2:00 PM 

CST submission deadline
LMR Wholesale Pork Criteria

• Sow and Boar product only submitted 

once a day by 2:00 PM CST
LMR Wholesale Pork Reporting Form

Wholesale Pork – Form LPS-89 

Notable Criteria:

• Destination – domestic, overseas, NAFTA

• Sales Code Type – Negotiated, Forward, 

Formula

• Delivery Period Code 

• Refrigeration – 0-6 days fresh combos, 7 

or more fresh combos, 0-10 days fresh 

boxed, 11 or more fresh boxed, or frozen
LMR Wholesale Pork Reporting Form

• Class Code – barrows/gilts, sows, boars, 

mixed

• Product Code 

• Total Product Weight – pounds

• FOB Plant Price - $/cwt

• FOB Omaha Price - $/cwt

LMR Wholesale Pork Data

• Includes all wholesale pork fresh and frozen primals, 

subprimals, cuts fabricated from subprimals, pork 

trimmings, pork for processing and designated variety 

meats

• Excludes portion control cuts, flavored cuts beyond 

normal added ingredients, smoked, and cured cuts
LMR Wholesale Pork Data

• Includes reported variety meats such as neck bones, tails, 

skins, feet, and hocks

• Includes reported enhanced cuts with ingredients limited 

to water, salt, sodium phosphate, antimicrobials, or any 

combination of these items
LMR Wholesale Pork Data
Daily Pork Reports

• Negotiated FOB Plant – Morning 

(LM_PK600)

• Negotiated FOB Omaha – Morning 

(LM_PK601)

• Negotiated FOB Plant – Afternoon 

(LM_PK602)

• Negotiated FOB Omaha – Afternoon 

(LM_PK603)
Weekly Pork Reports

• Negotiated FOB Plant (LM_PK610)

• Negotiated FOB Omaha (LM_PK611)

• Formula FOB Plant (LM_PK620)

• Formula FOB Omaha (LM_PK621)

• Forward FOB Plant (LM_PK630)

• Forward FOB Omaha (LM_PK631)

• Export FOB Plant (LM_PK640)

• Export FOB Omaha (LM_PK641)
Confidentiality and Data Review

• For all Wholesale Pork Reports 3/70/20 is 

applied

• Reporters review submitted files at 

submission deadlines. Use checklists to 

ensure all plants have reported and then 

import data files.
Data Review

• For wholesale pork there is an exclusion 

policy to automatically exclude all lots 

containing less than 2,000 pounds and 

price ranges with the same low and high 

price from the reported lines.

• However all trading, whether excluded or 

included, is used in the pork cutout 

calculations.
Data Review

• Reporters handle between 8,000 and 

10,000 records per day and have 

technical processes in place that flag any 

data falling outside preset parameters. 

This data is then confirmed by reporters 

through direct correspondence with 

buyers and sellers. 
• Pork Primal Cutout Enhancement

• Yield Update

• Comprehensive Pork Report

Current & Future Developments
Contact information

Lakisha Aller

Supervisory Market Reporter

USDA - AMS - Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News

515-284-4460

Lakisha.Aller@ams.usda.gov

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https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/ls-home