US Pork Industry Executive Dashboard
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Supply: Processing and Inventory

Daily and monthly processing throughput, pork production, carcass weights, herd inventory, farrowings, and cold-storage stocks — the full supply pipeline from breeding herd to frozen product.

Estimated Daily Pork Production

Daily estimated pork production, million lb (daily hogs × carcass weight).

Monthly Production Comparison

Million lb, commercial pork production by month — 2025 (orange) and 2026 (yellow) vs prior years.

Daily Hogs Processed

Daily hogs processed, thousand head (covered packers).

Commercial Hog Slaughter

Million head per month, stacked — federally inspected plus the non-FI remainder totals commercial slaughter.

Average Carcass Weight

Average carcass weight, pounds.

Hog Inventory by Weight Class

Million head, quarterly. Stacked by market weight class — use the checkbox to include breeding stock.

Pig Crop & Pigs Per Litter

Pig crop (million head, left axis) and pigs saved per litter (orange, right axis), by quarter.

Sows Farrowed

Sows farrowed, million head per quarter.

Breeding Stock Inventory

Breeding herd inventory, million head, quarterly.

Sow & Boar Slaughter

Sow and boar slaughter, thousand head per month (federally inspected).

Cold Storage

Million lb, frozen pork stocks and major cuts.

Forecast Production

Million lb per quarter. Solid = actual/estimate through Q2 2026; dotted = WASDE forecast (Q3 2026 on).
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Domestic Demand

US consumption, retail and foodservice demand, and pork's position against competing proteins.

Per Capita Consumption & Disappearance

Per-capita consumption (navy, left axis): lb of pork available per person per year (boneless basis).
Domestic disappearance (yellow, right axis): total US pork consumed at home — production + imports − exports − ending stocks, million lb. Annual.

Retail Feature Activity

Feature rate (left axis): the share of surveyed stores running a pork ad.
Activity index (right axis): a composite of the overall intensity of pork advertising (breadth + how many items/ads).

Per Capita Consumption: Pork vs. Chicken vs. Beef

Lb per person per year, boneless-equivalent. Annual.
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International Trade

Monthly pork export and import flows, destination and source mix, Brazil competition, and exports as a share of production.

Monthly Export Comparison

Million lb, US pork exports by month — a line per year (last 10), with 2026 (yellow) and 2025 (orange) highlighted against prior years.

Pork Exports: US vs. Brazil

Million lb per quarter, fresh/frozen pork (HS 0203), product weight — US vs. Brazil on a comparable basis.

US Top Export Destinations

Million lb per quarter, stacked by destination; Other = all remaining US pork exports.

Brazil Top Export Destinations

Million lb per quarter, stacked by destination; Other = all remaining Brazil pork exports.

US Top Import Sources

Million lb per quarter, stacked by source with an Other category totaling all US pork imports.

US Top Import Cuts

Million lb per quarter, stacked by product type (product weight).

Exports as Share of Production — Top Exporters

% of each country's pork production that is exported. Annual, carcass-weight basis.

Forecasted Exports

Million lb per quarter. Solid = actual through Q2 2026; dotted = WASDE forecast (Q3 2026 on) — the annual export forecast is split into quarters here by the recent seasonal pattern (estimated).
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Cost, Prices and Margins

Feed and input costs, prices along the chain from live hog to wholesale to retail, and producer, packer, and retailer margins.

Input Cost Price Changes

% change in price of common pork input costs from a chosen index date.

Cost of Soybean Meal and Corn

Daily corn and soybean-meal prices, USD per ton.

Barrow & Gilt Prices

$/cwt, weighted average base and net prices.

Pork Cutout Value

$/cwt, daily composite cutout.

Cutout Less Net Hog Price

$/cwt — daily spread (light line) with a 30-day rolling average overlaid (bold navy). This is the packer's daily gross margin on a carcass-weight basis (cutout minus net hog price); it is not directly comparable to the farm-to-wholesale band in the chart below, which is a modeled monthly spread per pound of retail product.

Primal Values

$/cwt for loin, butt, picnic, rib, ham, and belly.

Featured Retail Pork Price

$/lb, weighted featured retail price (with a bacon proxy where featured data is unavailable).

Farm-to-Wholesale-to-Retail Price Spread

Where each retail dollar of pork goes, $/lb (retail-weight basis). Net farm value (what the producer gets) + farm-to-wholesale spread (packer/processor) + wholesale-to-retail spread (retailer) = the retail price. Monthly. Note: the farm-to-wholesale band here is a modeled spread per pound of retail product, so it does not match the "Cutout Less Net Hog Price" chart above, which is the daily packer margin in $/cwt carcass weight.

Forecasted Price

$/cwt per quarter, barrows & gilts. Solid = actual/estimate through Q2 2026; dotted = WASDE forecast (Q3 2026 on).
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Monthly Insights

Monthly Key Insights

  • Seasonal supply lows have arrived — recent weekly hog slaughter is running ~2% below a year ago (~2.27M head the week of July 25), with plants scheduling maintenance through the summer heat and tightening availability of processing items like hams and bellies. View chart →
  • It has been a rough summer for packers: the cutout-to-hog spread has thinned to about $5/cwt (near multi-year lows), with outside estimates putting packer margins in the red at roughly $8/head. View chart →
  • Exports keep growing, but a risk is emerging in the #1 market: shipments held up through Q1 2026 (Mexico +5%, Japan strong), while new pseudorabies-related restrictions after an April detection in Iowa have since begun to weigh on Mexico — a drag that will show as Q2 data completes. View chart →
  • Brazil is closing the gap fast: on a comparable fresh/frozen basis, its pork exports have grown ~8% a year over five years — nearly tripling over the decade — while US volumes are flat to slightly lower. Brazil has gone from roughly a third of US export volume in 2015 to about 60% today. View chart →
  • Frozen inventories are piling up: end-June cold storage hit 458M lb, up ~9% from a year ago and led by hams (+29%) and bellies (+18%) — a supply cushion that adds to the pressure on prices and margins. View chart →
  • Wholesale primals are soft versus last year — loin near $90/cwt (down ~9% year-over-year) and picnic (down ~24%) leading the declines — even as tight belly supply keeps that one cut firm. View chart →