USDA will release their Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report on Friday, March. 30, at 2:00 pm, CT.
Following are pre-report expectations (as percent of year-ago):
Quarterly H&P Report Expectations
| Avg. trade guess
| Range
|
| ||
All Hogs and Pigs | 101.7
| 101.4-102.3
|
Kept for breeding | 100.3
| 99.9-100.7
|
Kept for marketing | 101.8
| 101.5-102.5
|
Dec- Feb pig crop | 102.4
| 102.0-103.0
|
Dec-Feb pigs per litter | 101.7
| 101.2-102.0
|
Dec-Feb farrowings | 100.7
| 100.4-101.0
|
Mar-May farrowing int. | 100.2
| 99.4-101.0
|
June-Aug farrowing int. | 100.3
| 99.5-101.0
|
Hogs under 60 lbs. | 102.1
| 101.4-103.0
|
Hogs 60 to 119 lbs. | 101.9
| 101.5-102.3
|
Hogs 120-179 | 101.9
| 101.4-103.0
|
Hogs 180 and over | 101.5
| 101.0-102.1
|
* Expectations compiled by Dow Jones Newswire.
