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Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 2, 2021)

2021-01-18 www.cofeed.com

I. Hog Price

 

This week (Jan 11-15), China’s hog price sees early declines but afterwards goes up, marginally higher than the previous week on the whole. And the average price index nationwide is 36.45 CNY/kg, an increase of 0.02 CNY/kg or 0.10% versus 36.43 CNY/kg last week, and a rise of 0.03 CNY/kg or 0.10% compared to 36.42 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 2021.68 CNY per head nationwide, down 64.9 CNY or 3.10% from 2086.58 CNY last Friday and up 542.42 CNY or 36.7% from 1479.26 CNY a year earlier.

 

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

Time
/Products

Corn (CNY/kg)

Soybean Meal (CNY/kg)

Compound Feed (CNY/kg)

Hog
/Corn

Hog
/Feed

Margins (CNY/head)

Week 2

2.83

4.017

3.39

12.7

10.6

2021.68

Week 1

2.709

3.577

3.18

13.26

11.28

2086.58

M-o-M±

0.121

0.44

0.21

-0.56

-0.68

-64.9

M-o-M%

4.5%

12.30%

6.6%

-4.2%

-6.0%

-3.1%

Y-o-Y

1.828

2.695

2.5

19.64

14.36

1479.26

Y-o-Y±

1.002

1.322

0.89

-6.94

-3.76

542.42

Y-o-Y%

54.8%

49.1%

35.6%

-35.3%

-26.2%

36.7%

 

Fig. : Hog Margins of Owned Piglet in China (2020-2021)