USA: 2003-3RD quarter (Number of herds= 249)
Measurement Mean Upper 10 percentile Lower 10 percentile
Average female inventory 1235.21 2706.5 152.2
  Average parity 2.6 3.6 1.6
Replacement rate 71.68 31.1 88
Culling rate 39.04 18.5 56.1
Death rate 7.87 3.2 13
Ave parity of culled sows 3.9 5.8 2.1
Average gilt pool inventory 85.57 193.4 0
Ave non-productive sow days 74.78 46.7 110.9
  Percent repeat services 14.22 6.9 21.9
  Percent multiple matings 85.4 98.7 73.2
Entry - 1st service interval 28.9 0 57.8
Percent sows bred by 7 days 84.04 93.8 72.4
Weaning - 1st service interval 7.8 5.7 10.3
Ave parity of farrowed sows 3.44 4.4 2.6
Average gestation length 115.34 116 115
Farrowing interval 149.45 141 159
Farrowing rate 72.5 82.7 61.4
Average total pigs per litter 11.3 12.1 10.4
Average pigs born alive/litter 10.15 10.9 9.4
Average stillborn pigs 0.91 0.6 1.2
Average mummies per litter 0.23 0.1 0.4
Percent less than 7 born live 12.99 7.7 18.1
PWM for farrowed and weaned 13.45 8.8 17.9
Old lits / mated female / year 2.13 2.38 1.87
Litters / mated female / year 2.33 2.49 2.08
Litters / female / year 2.21 2.42 1.94
Pigs weaned per litter weaned 8.9 9.7 8.2
Pigs weaned per sow 8.77 9.6 7.9
Average age at weaning 17.95 20.7 15.4
Pigs wnd / mated female / yr 20.08 23.4 16.8
Old pigs wnd / Inv. female / y 18.31 21.7 14.8
Pigs wnd / female / year 19.06 22.4 15.9
Pigs weaned / lifetime female 31.97 47 17