United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2025 was 75.1 million head. This was up slightly from June 1, 2024, and up 1% from March 1, 2025. Breeding inventory, at 5.98 million head, was down slightly from last year, and down slightly from the previous quarter.
Market hog inventory, at 69.2 million head, was up slightly from last year, and up 1% from last quarter. The March-May 2025 pig crop, at 34.2 million head, was up 1% from 2024. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.91 million head, down slightly from 2024. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 49% of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 11.75 for the March-May period, compared to 11.56 last year. United States hog producers intend to have 2.97 million sows farrow during the June-August 2025 quarter, down slightly from the actual farrow - ings during the same period one year earlier, and down 2% from the same period two years earlier. Intended farrowings for September-November 2025, at 2.95 million sows, are up 1% from the same period one year earlier, but down 1% from the same period two years earlier.
The total number of hogs under contract owned by operations with
over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 53% of the total United States hog inventory, up 1% from the previous year.
