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Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 8, 2021)

2021-03-01 www.cofeed.com

I. Hog Price

 

In the week from Feb 22 to Feb 26, China’s hog prices go down. And the average price index nationwide is 27.69 CNY/kg, a decrease of 2.40 CNY/kg or 8.00% versus 30.09 CNY/kg compared to last Friday, and a decline of 11.00 CNY/kg or 28.40% compared to 38.69 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 450.67 CNY per head nationwide, down 368.47 CNY or 45.00% from 819.14 CNY in the previous week and down 1450.20 CNY or 76.30% from 1900.87 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 8

2.942

3.692

3.361

9.23

8.08

450.67

Week 7

2.904

3.694

3.367

10.19

8.79

819.14

M-o-M±

0.038

-0.002

-0.006

-0.96

-0.71

-368.47

M-o-M%

1.3%

-0.05%

-0.2%

-9.4%

-8.1%

-45.0%

Y-o-Y

1.864

2.825

2.59

20.48

14.74

1900.87

Y-o-Y±

1.078

0.867

0.771

-11.25

-6.66

-1450.2

Y-o-Y%

57.8%

30.7%

29.8%

-54.9%

-45.2%

-76.3%

 

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