March 25, 2005

 

Summary for US quarterly hogs and pigs report

 

 

The following estimates are in percentages of the year-earlier figures. The US Department of Agriculture¡¯s quarterly hogs and pigs report was released on Thursday.

 

 

                                                  Thursday¡¯s     Average       Range

                                                    USDA       of analysts;  of analysts;

                                                 estimates     estimates     estimates

 

All hogs & pigs March 1                       101.0       100.6      99.8-101.2

Kept for breeding                               100.0       100.3      99.7-101.0

Kept for marketing                            101.0       100.6      99.7-101.3

Dec-Feb pig crop                               102.0       101.2     100.9-102.0

Mar-May farrowing intentions              100.0       100.7     100.0-101.0

Jun-Aug farrowing intentions                99.0       101.1     100.0-102.0

Hogs weighing under 60 lbs                100.0       100.8      99.8-101.4

Hogs weighing 60 to 119 lbs                101.0       100.3      99.7-101.5

Hogs weighing 120-179 lbs                 102.0       100.4      99.0-101.3

Hogs weighing 180 and over               100.0       100.1      99.0-101.0

 

Source: ¡°USDA¡±