Annual Marketings by State, 1996

Iowa Markets Nearly One Quarter of the Nation's Hogs

The pie chart reillustrates the annual markets by state for the top 12 states and all others. It can be seen readily that Iowa markets nearly a quarter of America's hogs. North Carolina markets almost half as many hogs as Iowa. Do not be deceived into assuming that North Carolina has less hogs overall. In fact, NC farrowed more sows than Iowa less year. After the pigs are started, they are sent to Iowa for finishing because it is a lot cheaper to ship a pig to Iowa than to ship 600 lbs of grain from Iowa to NC to feed that pig out to market!

Rank

State

Head
Marketed
(1,000)

1

Iowa

22,223

2

North Carolina

13,295

3

Minnesota

9,201

4

Illinois

8,300

5

Indiana

6,906

6

Nebraska

6,397

7

Missouri

5,934

8

Ohio

3,238

9

South Dakota

2,260

10

Kansas

2,404

11

Arkansas

2,012

12

Pennsylvania

1,804

13

Michigan

1,631

14

Georgia

1,388

15

Wisconsin

1,361

16

Oklahoma

1,180

17

Kentucky

1,013

18

Texas

992

19

Colorado

922

20

Virginia

807

Rank

State

Head
Marketed
(1,000)

21

Tennessee

741

22

South Carolina

465

23

Mississippi

349

24

Montana

333

25

California

330

26

North Dakota

292

27

Arizona

194

28

Alabama

192

29

Maryland

123

30

Florida

109

31

New York

87

32

Louisiana

80

33

Utah

76

34

Wyoming

76

35

Delaware

68

36

Washington

60

37

Oregon

52

38

Idaho

52

39

Hawaii

24

40

New Jersey

20

Alaska, New Mexico, Nevada, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts market under 20,000 head of hogs a year.

Copyright ©1997 by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty: Dr. Paul Pitcher
Student: Sandra Springer,'99