- US federally inspected hog slaughter was reported at 2,520 thousand head: up 145 thousand head or +6.1% from a week earlier, +4.2% over the same week last year and +1.6% over last year-to-date.
- US sow slaughter for the week ending Feb 18th was up +1.4% or 800 head from the prior week to 60,300 head, which is -2.1% under last year but up +1.1% compared to last year-to-date.
- US pork production rose +6.0% or up 30.8 million pounds to 545.3 million pounds for the week, bringing overall production +3.5% over last year and +0.9% compared to last year-to-date.
- Weekly average barrow and gilt weights in the ISM reporting area for the week ending Mar 4th were reported at 285.9 lbs, up 0.2 of a pound or +0.1% from a week earlier but -0.6% under year-ago levels. Year-to-date, hog weights are -0.7% under the same weeks in 2022.
- Canadian federally inspected market hog slaughter for the week ending February 25th at 387.5 thousand head fell 20.3 thousand or -5.0% in the holiday week, and is -4.9% under last year but on par with last year-to-date.
- Canadian sow slaughter was reported at 985 head for the same week, dropping -49.8% from the week previous. Compared to last year, Canadian sow slaughter is -39.5% under the same week last year but is +13.5% over 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 for the week prior was down -4.8% on the week, and is -8.5% under year-ago levels and -3.4% under last year-to-date.
