I. Hog Price
This week (Jan 4-8), hog price in China is up from the previous week on the whole. And the average price index nationwide is 36.43 CNY/kg, an increase of 0.34 CNY/kg or 0.90% versus 36.09 CNY/kg last week, and a rise of 0.42 CNY/kg or 1.20% compared to 36.01 CNY/kg in the same period last year.
Fig. : Hog Price Trend Weekly in China (2016-2021)
II. Breeding Margins
This week, the breeding margin of purchased piglet is 2086.58 CNY per head nationwide, down 42.19 CNY or 2.00% from 2128.77 CNY last Friday and up 649.63 CNY or 45.20% from 1436.95 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 1, 2021 |
2.709 |
3.577 |
3.18 |
11.28 |
11.28 |
2086.58 |
Week 53, 2020 |
2.609 |
3.402 |
3.07 |
13.64 |
11.57 |
2128.77 |
M-o-M± |
0.1 |
0.175 |
0.11 |
-2.36 |
-0.29 |
-42.19 |
M-o-M% |
3.8% |
5.14% |
3.6% |
-17.3% |
-2.5% |
-2.0% |
Y-o-Y |
1.821 |
2.786 |
2.48 |
19.49 |
14.27 |
1436.95 |
Y-o-Y± |
0.888 |
0.791 |
0.7 |
-8.21 |
-2.99 |
649.63 |
Y-o-Y% |
48.8% |
28.4% |
28.2% |
-42.1% |
-21.0% |
45.2% |
Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China (2020-2021)