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HOGS AND PIGS:
DECEMBER 1 INVENTORY AND PIG CROP

Year

Total

Breeding

Market
Sows
Farrowed 1/
Pigs per
Litter 1/
Pig Crop 1/
Thousand Head Thousand
Head
1992 58,202 7,109 51,093 12,272 8.08 99,142
1993 57,904 7,165 50,739 11,982 8.10 97,050
1994 59,992 7,061 52,932 12,379 8.19 101,416
1995 59,694 7,092 52,602 12,092 8.31 100,467
    Record inventory: 83.7 million head on December 1, 1944
1/ December preceding year through November
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HOGS AND PIGS: NUMBER OF OPERATIONS AND INVENTORY BY SIZE GROUPS

Year

Total
Operations and Inventory by Size Group (Head)
1-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000+
Percent 1/
1992
Operations 2/ 240,150 60.2 26.5 8.1 3.6 1.6
Dec. 1 Inventory 58,202,000 5.3 25.3 22.0 18.9 28.5
1993
Operations 2/ 225,210 61.1 25.3 8.3 3.5 1.8
Dec. 1 Inventory 57,904,000 5.0 23.0 21.5 17.5 33.0
1994
Operations 2/ 207,980 59.9 25.5 8.5 3.9 2.2
Dec. 1 Inventory 59,992,000 4.5 20.5 20.0 18.0 37.0
1995
Operations 2/ 182,700 59.6 25.1 8.6 4.2 2.6
Dec. 1 Inventory 59,694,000 4.0 18.0 18.0 17.0 43.0
1/ Percent: average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year but based primarily on quarterly surveys prior to December 1
2/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time during the year prior to December 1
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HOGS AND PIGS: OPERATION TYPES AND INVENTORY
Farrow
Only 1/
Farrow
to Finish 2/
Finish
Only 3/
Year
1992
Number of Operations 4/ 70,100 85,950 84,100
Percent of Inventory 12.0 72.0 16.0
1993
Number of Operations 4/ 65,200 81,510 78,500
Percent of Inventory 11.0 72.0 17.0
1994
Number of Operations 4/ 59,600 72,080 76,300
Percent of Inventory 10.0 71.0 19.0
1995
Number of Operations 4/ 50,300 63,100 69,300
Percent of Inventory 9.0 72.0 19.0
1/ Breeding hogs or farrowings with no market hogs above
120 pounds at any time during the year
2/ Breeding hogs or farrowings and market hogs above 120
pounds at any time during the year
3/ Only market hogs during the year
4/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time
during the year prior to December 1
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HOGS AND PIGS: PIGS PER LITTER BY SIZE OF OPERATION
All
Operations
Pigs per Litter by Size Group (head)
Year Quarter 1-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000+
Number
1994 Dec.-Feb. 1/ 8.10 6.85 7.70 8.00 8.15 8.55
Mar.-May 8.26 7.50 7.80 8.10 8.25 8.65
Jun.-Aug. 8.22 7.30 7.70 8.00 8.15 8.70
Sep.-Nov. 8.18 7.50 7.70 7.90 8.20 8.60
1995 Dec.-Feb. 1/ 8.27 7.00 7.70 8.00 8.20 8.70
Mar.-May 8.32 7.20 7.90 8.10 8.40 8.70
Jun.-Aug. 8.32 7.20 7.70 7.90 8.20 8.80
Sep.-Nov. 8.34 7.46 7.75 8.07 8.38 8.64
1/ December preceding year
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HOGS & PIGS:
MARKETINGS, PRICE, AND VALUE

Year

Marketings 1/

Price
Cash
Receipts 2/
Thousand
head
Dollars per
Hundredweight
Million
Dollars
1992 98,589 41.60 10,017
1993 98,351 45.20 10,911
1994 100,709 39.90 9,859
1/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms
where produced and state outshipments, but
excludes interfarm sales within the state
2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm
slaughter; includes allowance for higher average
price of state inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs
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HOGS AND PIGS: TOP 10 STATES
Dec. 1, 1995 1994 Cash
Rank State Inventory State Receipts 1/
Thousand
Head
Thousand
Dollars
1 IA 14,400 IA 2,570,413
2 NC 8,300 NC 980,475
3 MN 5,050 IL 941,113
4 IL 4,900 MN 830,765
5 IN 4,150 NE 746,995
6 NE 4,100 IN 669,172
7 MO 3,600 MO 508,783
8 OH 1,850 SD 314,539
9 SD 1,500 OH 280,827
10 KS 1,250 KS 249,464
1/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter;
includes allowance for higher average price of state
outshipments of feeder pigs
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HOGS AND PIGS: COMMERCIAL SLAUGHTER 1/
Avg. Live
Weight
Avg. Dressed
Weight 2/
Pork
Production
Year Slaughtered
Thousand
Head
Pounds Million
Pounds
1992 94,889 252 182 17,184
1993 93,068 254 184 17,029
1994 95,696 255 185 17,659
1995 96,325 256 186 17,810
1/ Excludes farm slaughter
2/ Federally inspected only
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