SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2022, was 5.20 million head, down 2 percent from June 1, 2022 and down 4 percent from last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Breeding inventory, at 590,000 head, was down 30,000 from the previous quarter and down 70,000 from last year. Market hog inventory, at 4.61 million head, was down 1 percent from last quarter and down 3 percent from last year.
The June-August 2022 pig crop, at 2.85 million head, was down 8 percent from 2021. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 265,000 head, down 20,000 from a year ago. The average pigs saved per litter was 10.75 for the June-August period, compared with 10.90 last year.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2022, was 73.8 million head. This was down 1 percent from September 1, 2021, but up 2 percent from June 1, 2022. Breeding inventory, at 6.15 million head, was down 1 percent from last year, and down slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 67.6 million head, was down 1 percent from last year, but up 2 percent from last quarter.
The June-August 2022 pig crop, at 33.6 million head, was down 1 percent from 2021. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.02 million head, down 1 percent from 2021. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 11.13 for the June-August period, unchanged from last year.
United States hog producers intend to have 2.97 million sows farrow during the September-November 2022 quarter, down 2 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period one year earlier, and down 6 percent from the same period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for December 2022-February 2023, at 2.90 million sows, are down 1 percent from the same period one year earlier, and down 1 percent from the same period two years earlier.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service