- US federally inspected hog slaughter was reported at 2,338 thousand head for the latest week: up +0.3% from a week earlier, -2.9% under the same week last year and -3.1% under last year-to-date.
- US sow slaughter for the week ending July 30th was up 3,200 or +5.8% from the prior week to 58,700 head, which is +2.9% over last year and -4.2% under to last year-to-date.
- Canadian federally inspected market hog slaughter for the holiday week ending August 6th at 350.1 thousand head fell 30.3 thousand or -8.0% from the week previous, and was -0.7% under last year and near even with last year-to-date.
- Canadian sow slaughter was reported at 1,146 head for the same week, dropping 33.2% from the week previous. Compared to last year, Canadian sow slaughter is -30% under the same week last year (non-holiday week) and -5.2% under last year-to-date.
- Canadian pork production numbers are estimates derived from current slaughter rates and an annual average Canadian slaughter hog weight. Based on the latest slaughter rates Canadian weekly pork production fell -8.1% on the week, and is +0.6% over year ago levels and +2.0% over last year-to-date.
- Weekly average barrow and gilt weights in the ISM reporting area for the week ending Aug 6th was reported at 275.6 lbs, down 1 pound or -0.4% from a week earlier and -1.0% or 2.8 lbs under year ago levels. Year-to-date, hog weights reported for 2022 are +0.5% over the same weeks in 2021.
- US pork production for the week was fairly stable, down 100 thousand pounds to 494.1 million pounds, bringing overall production -1.8% under last year and -2.4% compared to last year-to-date.
