live hog weight canada
More recently, there has been a reduction in the number of yield and weight classes in the national index grid, while focusing on leanness and core weight hogs of 75 to 90 kg.This provides incentives to producers to market hogs that fall in that core area, in line with consumer's demand for leaner pork.roducers receive their payment through their marketing organization on a dressed carcass weight basis. The principal driving force towards leaner hogs in Canada has been the carcass classification and settlement system which, since 1968, has provided a national standard set of weight and leanness categories.