This black animal has a distinct and unique belt, which is a strip of white entirely encircling the body including both front legs and feet. Hampshires are productive, lean, profitable to raise and full of meat. Hampshire boars are aggressive and Hampshire females have gained the reputation in the commercial swine industry as excellent pigs raisers that add longevity to the sow herd.

This black animal with the white belt is know universally as "The Mark of a Meat Hog." Their ability to sire winning carcasses is unequalled and they continue to set the standard, by which all other terminal sires are evaluated.