U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2006 was 62.7 million head.
This was up 1 percent from September 1, 2005 and up 2 percent from June 1, 2006.
Breeding inventory, at 6.08 million head, was up 2 percent from last year and up
slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 56.6 million head,
was up 1 percent from last year and up 2 percent from last quarter.
The
June--August 2006 pig crop, at 26.7 million head, was up 1 percent from 2005 and
up 2 percent from 2004. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.92 million
head, up slightly from 2005 and up 1 percent from 2004. The sows farrowed during
this quarter represented 48 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved
per litter was 9.14 for the June--August 2006 period, compared to 9.06 last
year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.70 for operations
with 1--99 hogs and pigs to 9.20 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and
pigs.
U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.92 million sows farrow during
the September--November 2006 quarter, up 1 percent from the actual farrowings in
both 2005 and 2004. Intended farrowings for December 2006--February 2007, at
2.90 million sows, are up 2 percent from both 2006 and 2005.
The total
number of hogs under contract, owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but
raised by contractees, accounted for 39 percent of the total U.S. hog inventory,
unchanged from last year. |
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