ST. LOUIS — Illinois inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2021, was 5.45 million head, up 2 percent from June 1, 2021, and up 1 percent from last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Heartland Regional Field Office.
Breeding inventory, at 660,000 head, was up 10,000 from the previous quarter and up 80,000 from last year. Market hog inventory, at 4.79 million head, was up 2 percent from last quarter but down 1 percent from last year.
The June-August 2021 pig crop, at 3.11 million head, was up slightly from 2020. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 285,000 head, down 5,000 from a year ago. The average pigs saved per litter was 10.90 for the June-August period, compared with 10.70 last year.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2021, was 75.4 million head. This was down 4 percent from September 1, 2020, but up 1 percent from June 1, 2021. Breeding inventory, at 6.19 million head, was down 2 percent from last year, and down slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 69.2 million head, was down 4 percent from last year, but up 1 percent from last quarter.
The June-August 2021 pig crop, at 33.9 million head, was down 6 percent from 2020. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 3.05 million head, down 7 percent from 2020. 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, compared to 11.06 last year.
United States hog producers intend to have 3.00 million sows farrow during the September-November 2021 quarter, down 4 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 2021-February 2022, at 2.96 million sows, are up 1 percent from the same period one year earlier, but down 3 percent from the same period two years earlier.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
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