(NAFB.com) – The June 1 inventory of hogs and pigs was at 75.1 million head, up less than one percent from last quarter and slightly higher than last year. Meanwhile, the breeding herd is the smallest in a decade, down .02 percent from last quarter and .47 percent from last year, and within the bottom range of pre-report expectations. That’s only .9 percent higher than the breeding herd in June 2015, and matches the total in June 2016. All but the heaviest category of market hog inventories are up compared to a year ago. Overall, the number of hogs weighing less than 180 pounds is about 63 percent larger than a year ago, which are the market hogs arriving at processing plants from July through November 2025. USDA’s Cold Storage Report says cold stocks of pork at the end of May were down one percent from April and one percent from 2024.