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Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 5, 2021)

2021-02-05 www.cofeed.com

I. Hog Price

 

In the week from Feb 1 to Feb 5, China’s hog prices are plummeting compared to the previous week. And the average price index nationwide is 30.79 CNY/kg, a decrease of 2.88 CNY/kg or 8.60% versus 33.67 CNY/kg last week, and a decline of 6.81 CNY/kg or 18.10% compared to 37.60 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 1011.01 CNY per head nationwide, down 389.38 CNY or 27.80% from 1400.39 CNY last Friday and down 740.45 CNY or 42.30% from 1751.46 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 5

2.89

3.700

3.37

10.47

9

1011.01

Week 4

2.865

3.735

3.35

11.57

9.9

1400.39

M-o-M±

0.025

-0.035

0.02

-1.1

-0.9

-389.38

M-o-M%

0.9%

-0.94%

0.6%

-9.5%

-9.1%

-27.8%

Y-o-Y

1.879

2.718

2.58

19.79

14.41

1751.46

Y-o-Y±

1.011

0.982

0.79

-9.32

-5.41

-740.45

Y-o-Y%

53.8%

36.1%

30.6%

-47.1%

-37.5%

-42.3%

 

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