As of March 1, there were 74.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up slightly from March 2025 but down one percent from December 1, 2025.
That’s according to the recent USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Other key findings in the report included that of the 74.3 million hogs and pigs, 68.4 million were market hogs, while 5.89 million were kept for breeding.
Between December 2025 and February 2026, 33.2 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up one percent from the same period one year earlier.
From December through February, hog and pig producers weaned an average of 11.9 pigs per litter.
U.S. producers intend to have 2.86 million sows farrow between March and May 2026, and 2.9 million farrow between June and August of this year.
Iowa had the largest state inventory at 24.7 million head.
