June 29, 2025;
As of June 1, there were 75.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up slightly from June 2024 and up 1% from March 1, 2025, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Other key findings in the report were:
- Of the 75.1 million hogs and pigs, 69.2 million were market hogs, while 5.98 million were kept for breeding.
- Between March and May 2025, 34.2 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 1% from the same time period one year earlier.
- From March through May 2025, U.S. hog and pig producers weaned an average of 11.75 pigs per litter.
- U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.97 million sows farrow between June and August 2025, and 2.95 million sows farrow between September and November 2025.
- Iowa hog producers accounted for the largest inventory among the states, at 24.7 million head. Minnesota had the second largest inventory at 9.30 million head. North Carolina was third with 7.80 million head.
To obtain an accurate measurement of the U.S. swine industry, NASS surveyed 4,476 operators across the nation during the first half of March. The data collected were received online through NASS’s Respondent Portal, by mail, telephone and through face-to-face interviews.
The Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report and all other NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov.
March 31, 2025
South Dakota inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2025, was 2.23 million head, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics
Service. This was down 3% from March 1, 2024, but unchanged from December 1, 2024.
Breeding hog inventory, at 330,000 head, was up 2% from March 1, 2024, and up 3% from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1.90 million head, was down 4% from last year, and down 1% from last quarter.
The December 2024 – February 2025 South Dakota pig crop, at 2.12 million head, was up 3% from 2024. Sows farrowed during the period totaled 160,000 head, down 1% from last year. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 13.25 for the December – February period,
compared to 12.80 last year.
South Dakota hog producers intend to farrow 162,000 sows during the March – May 2025 quarter, down 1% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago. Intended farrowings for June – August 2025 are 159,000 sows, up 2% from the actual farrowings during
the same period a year ago.
Access the National publication for this release at https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/rj430453j.
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