Oklahoma hog and pig report, 03/01/2015

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United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Oklahoma Hog and Pig Report
Oklahoma Hog Inventory Up 10 Percent From Last Year
Oklahoma:
The March 1, 2015 Oklahoma hog and pig inventory, at 2.15 million head, was 10 percent higher than March 2014. The number of breeding hogs totaled 440 thousand head, up 10 thousand head from last year. The March 1 market hog inventory was up 13 percent from a year ago at 1.71 million head, 80 percent of the total hog and pig inventory.
The December-February 2015 Oklahoma pig crop totaled 1.92 million head, 17 percent above last year. Pigs per litter averaged 10.1, up 10 percent from the previous year. During December through February 2015, 190 thousand sows farrowed in Oklahoma, up 6 percent from last year.
United States:
The U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2015, is estimated at 65.9 million head, up 7 percent from a year ago but down slightly from December 1, 2014. The breeding hog inventory, at 5.98 million head, was up 2 percent from last year and up 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 60.0 million head, was up 8 percent from last year but down slightly from last quarter.
The U.S. pig crop for December-February 2015, at 28.8 million, was up 9 percent from 2014. U.S. producers intend to have 2.87 million sows farrow during the March - May 2015 quarter, up 2 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2014. Intended farrowings for June-August 2015, at 2.93 million sows, are down 2 percent from 2014.
Hogs and Pigs: Inventory Number by Class and Weight Group, Oklahoma and United States 2014-15 1
Date
Total
Inventory
Breeding
Inventory
Market
Inventory
Market Hogs and Pigs by Weight Groups
Under 50
Pounds
50-119
Pounds
120-179
Pounds
180 Pounds
and Over
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
1,000 Head
Oklahoma
Mar. 1, 2014
Jun .1, 2014
Sep. 1, 2014
Dec. 1, 2014
Mar. 1, 2015
United States
Mar. 1, 2014
Jun. 1, 2014
Sep. 1, 2014
Dec. 1, 2014
Mar. 1, 2015
1,950
1,890
2,050
2,070
2,150
61,494
61,568
65,979
66,145
65,934
430
430
430
440
440
5,851
5,855
5,920
5,939
5,982
1,520
1,460
1,620
1,630
1,710
55,643
55,713
60,059
60,207
59,953
580
620
720
640
720
17,336
18,254
20,390
19,026
18,959
335
350
390
400
370
15,487
15,801
17,458
16,630
16,509
225
180
220
280
250
12,538
11,491
12,112
12,930
13,290
380
310
290
310
370
10,281
10,166
10,098
11,621
11,195
1 May not add due to rounding.
* Revised.
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Oklahoma Field Office
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March 1, 2015 Inventory
Issued March 27, 2015