 Wholesale business continues to be inconsistent with wide swings this week in some of the individual primal cuts. The average barrel and gilt weight in the Iowa, southern Minnesota, South Dakota reporting area last week was 285.3 pounds. Barrels and gilts at the National Daily Direct were down $3.41 with a base range of $83 to $91. The Iowa, Minnesota was down $349 with a weighted average of $87.31.