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 | Corn (CNY/kg) | Soybean Meal (CNY/kg) | Compound Feed (CNY/kg) | Hog | Hog | 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