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 — a line per year (last 10), with 2026 (yellow) and 2025 (orange) highlighted against 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 = 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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Trade Market

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 = 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 = forecast (Q3 2026 on).
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Monthly Insights

Monthly Key Insights

  • The June 25 USDA Quarterly Hogs & Pigs report put the breeding herd at 5.88M head — down ~1% from a year ago and the smallest since 2014 — confirming the slow, productivity-driven contraction seen here. Producers also signaled they'll trim farrowings in the second half of 2026. View chart →
  • That same report logged a record number of pigs saved per litter, offsetting fewer sows farrowed and keeping the pig crop just above year-ago levels — more pigs from fewer sows is how output holds up while the herd shrinks. View chart →
  • Carcass weights are running 1–2 lb heavier than a year ago, and USDA still sees 2026 pork production up ~1.5% to nearly 28 billion lb — heavier hogs, not more of them, are adding the tonnage. View chart →
  • Packer margins have swung in and out of the red this spring; one widely-watched estimate showed roughly a $12–13/head loss in late June — in line with the unusually thin processing spread shown here. View chart →
  • USDA pegs 2026 hog prices a touch below 2025 (~$68/cwt), and futures point to only a muted summer rally — the cutout has struggled to push much past ~$100/cwt as bellies and hams lack traction. View chart →
  • Exports remain the bright spot: Q2 2026 volume ran ~6% above Q2 2025 with Mexico and Japan strong, even as tariffs cut shipments to China by roughly 17%; full-year exports are tracking toward ~7.25 billion lb. View chart →
  • With retail beef averaging ~1.97× retail pork this spring, pork stays the value protein on the meat case — a key prop under domestic demand heading into grilling season. View chart →