Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 21, 2020)
I.Hog Price
This week (May. 15-22), hog price goes up around the country. And the average hog price index is 28.79 CNY/kg nationwide, an increase of 2.30 CNY/kg or 8.70% from 26.49 CNY/kg last Friday and an increase of 13.63 CNY/kg or 89.90% from 26.49 CNY/kg the corresponding period last year.
Fig.: Hog Price Trend Weekly in China (2015-2020)
II. Breeding Margins
This week, the breeding margin of purchased piglet is 687.87 CNY per head nationwide, an increase of 362.87 CNY/head or 111.70% from 325.00 CNY last Friday; that increases by 737.04 CNY or 1499.00% from -49.17 a year earlier.
Table: Feedstuff Price and Breeding Margins (Unit: CNY/kg, Yuan/Hog)
Time
/Products
|
Corn
|
Soybean Meal
|
Compound Feed
|
Hog
/Corn
|
Hog
/Feed
|
Margins
|
Week 21
|
2.058
|
2.671
|
2.62
|
13.74
|
10.77
|
687.87
|
Week 20
|
2.076
|
2.681
|
2.65
|
12.51
|
9.79
|
325
|
M-o-M±
|
-0.018
|
-0.01
|
-0.03
|
1.23
|
0.98
|
362.87
|
M-o-M%
|
-0.90%
|
-0.40%
|
-1.10%
|
9.80%
|
10.00%
|
111.70%
|
Y-o-Y
|
1.915
|
2.82
|
2.5
|
7.73
|
6.02
|
-49.17
|
Y-o-Y±
|
0.143
|
-0.149
|
0.12
|
6.01
|
4.75
|
737.04
|
Y-o-Y%
|
7.50%
|
-5.30%
|
4.80%
|
77.70%
|
78.90%
|
1499.00%
|
Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China (2019-2020)