South Dakota inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2023, was 2.18 million head, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was up 4% from September 1, 2022, but unchanged from June 1, 2023.
Breeding hog inventory, at 315,000 head, was up 5% from September 1, 2022, but unchanged from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1.87 million head, was up 4% from last year, but unchanged from last quarter.
The June – August 2023 South Dakota pig crop, at 1.84 million head, was up 1% from 2022. Sows farrowed during the period totaled 146,000 head, up 1% from last year. The average pigs saved per litter was 12.60 for the June – August period, compared to 12.60 last year.
South Dakota hog producers intend to farrow 148,000 sows during the September – November 2023 quarter, up 3% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago. Intended farrowings for December 2023 – February 2024 are 150,000 sows, up 6% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago.
Nationally, the U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2023, was 74.3 million head. That was slightly higher than September 1, 2022, and up two percent from June of this year.
The breeding inventory was 6.08 million head, down one percent from last year and one percent from the previous quarter. The market hog inventory was 68.2 million head, slightly higher than last year and two percent higher than the previous quarter.
The June-August pig crop was 34.2 million head, slightly higher than in 2022. Sows farrowing during the period totaled 2.95 million head, down four percent from 2022. U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.93 million sows farrow between September and November, down five percent from the actual farrowings during the same period a year earlier.
Intended farrowings between December 2023 and February 2024 total 2.91 million sows, down one percent from the same period a year ago.
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