I. Hog Price
This week (August 24-28), hog price in China stops rising and starts falling. And the average price index nationwide is 36.81 CNY/kg, a decline of 0.77 CNY/kg or 2.00% versus 37.58 CNY/kg in the previous week, and an increase of 8.82 CNY/kg or 31.50% compared with 27.99 CNY/kg in the same period last year.
Fig. : Hog Price Trend Weekly in China (2015-2020)
II. Breeding Margins
This week, the breeding margin of purchased piglet is 1517.08 CNY per head nationwide, down by 76.15 CNY or 4.80% from 1593.23 CNY last Friday and up by 197.24 CNY or 14.94% from 1319.84 CNY a year earlier.
Table: Feedstuff Price and Breeding Margins (Unit: CNY/kg, CNY/Hog)
Time |
Corn (CNY/kg) |
Soybean Meal (CNY/kg) |
Compound Feed (CNY/kg) |
Hog |
Hog |
Margins (CNY/head) |
Week 35 |
2.248 |
2.893 |
2.71 |
16.15 |
13.38 |
1517.08 |
week 34 |
2.278 |
2.842 |
2.74 |
16.27 |
13.51 |
1593.23 |
M-o-M± |
-0.03 |
0.051 |
-0.03 |
-0.12 |
-0.13 |
-76.15 |
M-o-M% |
-1.3% |
1.79% |
-1.1% |
-0.7% |
-1.0% |
-4.8% |
Y-o-Y |
1.906 |
3.003 |
2.5 |
14.42 |
10.99 |
1319.84 |
Y-o-Y± |
0.342 |
-0.11 |
0.21 |
1.73 |
2.39 |
197.24 |
Y-o-Y% |
17.9% |
-3.7% |
8.4% |
12.0% |
21.7% |
14.90% |
Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China (2019-2020)