2002 Breeding Herd Summary for USA
MEASUREMENT Mean Upper 10% Lower 10%
Average female inventory 1115.1 2621.2 187.6
  Average parity 2.55 3.5 1.6
Replacement rate 62.91 32.7 93.3
Culling rate 41.6 22 62.5
Death rate 7.8 2.8 13.4
Ave parity of culled sows 3.8 5.5 1.7
Average gilt pool inventory 69.76 154.9 0
Ave non-productive sow days 76.78 46.8 118.4
  Percent repeat services 14.33 7.2 22
  Percent multiple matings 83.82 99.3 63.86
Entry - 1st service interval 31.21 0 69.2
Percent sows bred by 7 days 83.42 93.8 70.5
Weaning - 1st service interval 7.89 5.6 10.9
Ave parity of farrowed sows 3.37 4.3 2.4
Average gestation length 115.25 116 114
Farrowing interval 148.46 141 160
Farrowing rate 72.98 82.7 61.4
Average total pigs per litter 11.25 12.1 10.5
Average pigs born alive/litter 10.12 10.8 9.4
Average stillborn pigs 0.9 0.6 1.2
Average mummies per litter 0.23 0.1 0.4
Litters less than 7 born live 299.66 37 745
PWM for farrowed and weaned 13.12 8.8 17.9
Old lits / mated female / year 2.2 2.44 1.88
Litters / mated female / year 2.31 2.495 2.06
Litters / female / year 2.18 2.42 1.86
Pigs weaned per litter weaned 8.98 9.8 8.2
Pigs weaned per sow 8.81 9.5 8
Average age at weaning 18.21 21.1 15.5
Pigs wnd / mated female / yr 20.28 23.1 17
Old pigs wnd / Inv. female / y 18.73 22.55 15
Pigs wnd / female / year 19.19 22.4 16
Pigs weaned / lifetime female 30.95 45 11