" ...There continues to be a dis-harmony between the kill rate since 6/1/14 and the USDA H&P report. My Hog Pricing Model is showing 648K fewer hogs killed than projected from the H&P report. At one point I was thinking that perhaps producers had fallen behind in their shipments. The smaller-than-expected kill has gone on so long that I now think their were 2.6% to 2.9% fewer hogs than the USDA estimated ,,,"

Gilt retention??