Spotted
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The Spotted, once called the Spotted Poland China, comes from the same Ohio foundation as the Poland China and was developed in Indiana. The registry separated in 1914.
They are black and white spotted, with the spotting required rather than incidental, and they carry the drooping ear of their Poland China ancestry.
What they are kept for is feed efficiency and growth rate. Spotted hogs gain well and convert feed efficiently, and they are used as terminal sires in crossbreeding programmes.
Sows are reasonable mothers, better than the Poland China's reputation suggests.
The trade is commercial relevance. Like the other heritage American breeds, they have been displaced from large-scale production by proprietary hybrids, so numbers are small and the market for purebreds is mostly show programmes and small producers selling direct.
Sourced from The Livestock Conservancy and the breed’s registry, reviewed by HoofnHorn.
No Spotted pigs at auction right now.
Heritage breeds come up in ones and twos, so this is normal. We will email you the moment a Spotted is listed.