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Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 42, 2020)

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I. Hog Price

 

This week (October 12th-Oct 16th), hog price in China extends the decline. And the average price index nationwide is 29.77 CNY/kg, a decrease of 1.93 CNY/kg or 6.10% versus 31.70 CNY/kg in the previous week, and a decline of 5.91 CNY/kg or 16.60% compared with 35.68 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 1030.82 CNY per head nationwide, down by 153.67 CNY or 13.00% from 1184.49 CNY last Friday and down by 562.84 CNY or 35.30% from 1593.66 CNY a year earlier.

 

Table: Feedstuff Price and Breeding Margins (Unit: CNY/kg, CNY/Hog)

Time
/Products

Corn (CNY/kg)

Soybean Meal (CNY/kg)

Compound Feed (CNY/kg)

Hog
/Corn

Hog
/Feed

Margins (CNY/head)

Week 42

2.276

3.052

2.76

14.36

11.85

1305.44

week 41

2.263

3.031

2.74

14.31

11.81

1200.08

M-o-M±

0.013

0.021

0.02

0.05

0.04

105.36

M-o-M%

0.60%

0.69%

0.70%

0.30%

0.30%

8.80%

Y-o-Y

1.834

2.96

2.47

15.71

11.68

1018.61

Y-o-Y±

0.442

0.092

0.29

-1.35

0.17

286.83

Y-o-Y%

24.10%

3.10%

11.70%

-8.60%

1.50%

28.20%

Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China in 2020