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Latest USDA Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Oklahoma Fifth Largest State in Sow Herd Numbers

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:20:02 CST

The December 1, 2021 Oklahoma hog and pig inventory, at 2.09 million head, was slightly higher than December 2020. The number of breeding hogs totaled 460 thousand head, unchanged from last year. The December 1 market hog inventory was up 1 percent from a year ago at 1.63 million head, 78 percent of the total hog and pig inventory.


The September 2021-November 2021 Oklahoma pig crop totaled 1.97 million head, 13 percent below last year. Pigs per litter averaged 10.7, down 1 percent from the previous year. Sows farrowed during September 2021 through November 2021 totaled 185 thousand head, down 12 percent from last year.


With 460,000 sows, the Oklahoma sow herd population is the fifth largest in the US based on the December first numbers. Iowa, North Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota and Oklahoma are the top five sow herd population states. The 2.09 million head total hog and pig count makes Oklahoma the ninth largest hog state, based on total hog and pig numbers.


Nationally, the U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2021, is estimated at 74.2 million head, down 4 percent from a year ago and down 1 percent from September 1, 2021. The breeding hog inventory, at 6.18 million head, was up slightly from last year but down slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 68.0 million head, was down 4 percent from last year and down 1 percent from last quarter.


The U.S. pig crop for September 2021-November 2021, at 33.7 million, was down 4 percent from 2020. U.S. producers intend to have 2.93 million sows farrow during the December 2021-February 2022 period, down 8 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period last year. Intended farrowings for March 2022-May 2022, at 3.03 million sows, are down 4 percent from the same quarter the year prior.


Click here for the complete report as released by USDA on Thursday afternoon, December 23, 2021.




   

 

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