# What does 2018 say about the year ahead for hogs?

> Federally inspected hog slaughter in 2018 totaled 123.6 million head, up 2.6% and a record for a third straight year. Hog weights are expected to rise slightly in 2019, and the partial government shutdown delayed some NASS slaughter data.

- Date: 2019-01-21 · published 2019-01-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61249-what-does-2018-say-about-the-year-ahead-for-hogs
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Record slaughter and rising weights point to larger pork supplies in 2019, which is bearish for hog prices while margins stay tight.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-02-22 | [Another Record Year for Meat Production Forecast for 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60541-another-record-year-for-meat-production-forecast-for-2019.md) | -1.1% | +25.0% |
| HOGS | 2025-06-30 | [Lean Hog Futures Warn of a Market Top, But Can Burgers and BLTs Save the Day?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24355-lean-hog-futures-warn-of-a-market-top-but-can-burgers-and-blts-save-the-day.md) | -4.5% | -3.1% |
| HOGS | 2024-10-18 | [China's pork output logs third year-on-year quarterly decline
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27859-china-s-pork-output-logs-third-year-on-year-quarterly-decline-the-pig-site.md) | +1.2% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2018-01-18 | [China pork output edges up in 2017 from year before](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66979-china-pork-output-edges-up-in-2017-from-year-before.md) | +0.5% | +0.9% |
| HOGS | 2022-03-29 | [Hog futures lower ahead of Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report from the USDA - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7630-hog-futures-lower-ahead-of-quarterly-hogs-and-pigs-report-from-the-usda.md) | -4.1% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/market-reports/what-does-2018-say-about-the-year-ahead-for-hogs-

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