USDA released its quarterly hogs and pigs report yesterday. The inventory of all hogs and pigs on 1 September was 74.5 million head, down 1 percent from September 2024, but up 1 percent from 1 June 2025.
Breeding inventory, at 5.93 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, and down slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 68.5 million head, was down 1 percent from last year, but up 1 percent from last quarter.
The June-August 2025 pig crop, at 34.1 million head, was down 3 percent from 2024. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.88 million head, down 3 percent from 2024. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 48 percent of the breeding herd. The total number of hogs under contract, o...
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