USDA June 29 Hogs and Pigs Report

United States Hog Inventory Up 1 Percent

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2012 was 65.8 million head. This was up 1 percent from  June 1, 2011, and up 1 percent from March 1, 2012.  Breeding inventory, at 5.86 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 60.0 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from last quarter.

The March-May 2012 pig crop, at 29.4 million head, was up 1 percent from 2011. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.92 million head, up slightly from 2011. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 50 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 10.09 for the March-May period, compared to 10.03 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.50 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 10.20 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.

United States hog producers intend to have 2.90 million sows farrow during the June-August 2012 quarter, down 1 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2011, and down 1 percent from 2010. Intended farrowings for September-November 2012, at 2.89 million sows, are down 1 percent from 2011, but up slightly from 2010.

The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 47 percent of the total United States hog inventory, up from 45 percent last year.






NEBRASKA HOG INVENTORY DOWN 2 PERCENT

Nebraska inventory of all hogs and pigs on  June 1, 2012, was 3.10 million head, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.  This was down 2 percent from June 1, 2011, but unchanged from March 1, 2012.  Breeding hog inventory, at 385,000 head, was up 1 percent from June 1, 2011, but down 1 percent from last quarter.  Market hog inventory, at 2.72 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, but up slightly from last quarter.  

The March-May 2012 Nebraska pig crop, at 1.85 million head, was down 3 percent from 2011.  Sows farrowing during the period totaled 175,000 head, down 5 percent from last year.  

Nebraska hog producers intend to farrow 175,000 sows during the June-August 2012 quarter, down 3 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago.  Intended farrowings for September-November 2012 are 175,000 sows, down 3 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period the previous year.  



IOWA HOG INVENTORY TIES RECORD HIGH

On  June 1, 2012  there were 20.1 million hogs and pigs on  Iowa farms,  according  to  the  USDA  National  Agricultural  Statistics Service – Hogs and Pigs  report  issued  June 29, 2012.   That  ties the  record  high  inventory  of  September  2011.    The  June  1 inventory was up two percent from both a year ago and  March 1, 2012.

The March – May 2012 pig crop was 5.04 million head.   A  total of 485,000 sows farrowed with an average litter size of 10.4 pigs per sow.

As of June 1, producers planned  to farrow 480,000 head of sows and gilts in the June – August 2012 quarter.  Farrowing intentions for  the  September  –  November  2012  period  were  estimated  at 480,000 as of June 1, 2012.