Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 17, 2020)
I.Hog Price
This week (Apr. 17-24, 2020), hog price nationwide continues the decline. As of this Friday, the average price index is 33.11 CNY/kg, a decrease of 0.82 CNY/kg or 2.40% from 33.93 CNY/kg last Friday and an increase of 17.19 CNY/kg or 117.80% from 15.20 CNY/kg the same period last year.
Fig.: Hog Price Trend Weekly in China (2015-2020)
II. Breeding Margins
This week, nationwide average profit of per pig breeding is 937.14 CNY, a decrease of 87.53 CNY from 1024.67 CNY last Friday; that up by 948.80 CNY or 8137.20% from -11.66 CNY the same period last year.
Table: Feedstuff Price and Breeding Margins (Unit: CNY/kg, Yuan/Hog)
Time
/Products
|
Corn
|
Soybean Meal
|
Compound Feed
|
Hog
/Corn
|
Hog
/Feed
|
Margins
|
Week 17
|
2.007
|
3.004
|
2.68
|
16.24
|
12.17
|
937.14
|
Week 16
|
1.969
|
3.121
|
2.68
|
16.97
|
12.48
|
1024.67
|
M-o-M±
|
0.038
|
-0.117
|
0
|
-0.73
|
-0.31
|
-87.53
|
M-o-M%
|
1.90%
|
-3.70%
|
0.00%
|
-4.30%
|
-2.50%
|
-8.50%
|
Y-o-Y
|
1.829
|
2.5
|
2.38
|
8.15
|
6.24
|
-11.66
|
Y-o-Y±
|
0.178
|
0.504
|
0.3
|
8.09
|
5.93
|
948.8
|
Y-o-Y%
|
9.70%
|
20.20%
|
12.60%
|
99.30%
|
95.00%
|
8137.20%
|
Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China (2019-2020)