South Dakota inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2025, was 2.23 million head, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics
Service. This was down 3% from March 1, 2024, but unchanged from December 1, 2024.
Breeding hog inventory, at 330,000 head, was up 2% from March 1, 2024, and up 3% from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1.90 million head, was down 4% from last year, and down 1% from last quarter.
The December 2024 – February 2025 South Dakota pig crop, at 2.12 million head, was up 3% from 2024. Sows farrowed during the period totaled 160,000 head, down 1% from last year. The average pigs saved per litter was a record high 13.25 for the December – February period,
compared to 12.80 last year.
South Dakota hog producers intend to farrow 162,000 sows during the March – May 2025 quarter, down 1% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago. Intended farrowings for June – August 2025 are 159,000 sows, up 2% from the actual farrowings during
the same period a year ago.
Access the National publication for this release at https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/rj430453j.
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