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The latest US federally inspected hog slaughter was reported at 2,704 thousand head: up 479 thousand or +21.5% from the previous holiday week, +4.7% over the same week last year and +1.6% over last year-to-date.
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US sow slaughter for the week ending Nov 18 increased +4.1% or 2,600 head from the prior week to 65,300 head, which is +7.1% over last year and up +3.8% compared to last year-to-date.
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US pork production rose +21.8% or 103.4 million lbs higher than the previous holiday week to 577.7 million pounds for the latest week, bringing production +3.0% over last year and up +0.4% compared to last YTD.
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Weekly average barrow and gilt weights in the ISM reporting area for the week ending Dec 2nd were reported at 290.6 lbs, up 0.9 lbs or +0.3% from a week earlier and +1.5% over year-ago levels. Year-to-date, current hog weights are -0.3% under the same weeks in 2022.
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Canadian federally inspected market hog slaughter for the week ending Nov 25th at 422.8 thousand head increased 2.0 thousand or +0.5% on the week, but is -0.8% under last year though is +0.3% compared to the same weeks in 2022.
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Canadian sow slaughter was reported at 2,061 head for the same week, rising 108 head or +5.5% from the week previous. Compared to last year, current Canadian sow slaughter rates are up +31.6% from the same week last year and +18.3% over last year-to-date.
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Canadian pork production numbers are estimates derived from current slaughter rates and an annual average of slaughter hog weights. Based on the latest slaughter rates Canadian pork production for last week was up +0.5% or 233 MT higher, and is +1.1% over year-ago and last year-to-date levels.
