United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2016 was 81.8 million head. This was up 2 percent from June 2015, and up 10 percent from June 2014. The breeding inventory, at 7.22 million head, was up 1 percent from a year ago and up 2 percent from 2014. Market hog inventory, at 74.6 million head, was up 2 percent from last year and up 11 percent from 2014. The semi-annual pig crop, at 74.3 million head, was up 1 percent from 2015 and up 11 percent from 2014. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 7.04 million head, up slightly from last year and up 3 percent from 2014.
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2016 was 68.4 million head. This was up 2 percent from June 1, 2015 and up 1 percent from March 1, 2016. The breeding inventory, at 5.98 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, but down slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 62.4 million head, was up 2 percent from last year, and up 1 percent from last quarter. The pig crop, at 30.3 million head, was up 3 percent from 2015 and up 10 percent from 2014. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.90 million head, up 1 percent from 2015 and up 3 percent from 2014. read more – http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/USCH/USCH-08-23-2016.pdf