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Weekly Hog Price and Breeding Margins in China (Week 9, 2021)

2021-03-08 www.cofeed.com

I. Hog Price

 

In the week from Mar 1 to Mar 5, China’s hog prices shift to decline after a growth and basically up from the previous week. And the average price index nationwide is 29.32 CNY/kg, an increase of 1.63 CNY/kg or 5.90% versus 27.69 CNY/kg last Friday, and a decline of 7.70 CNY/kg or 20.80% compared to 37.02 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 688.71 CNY per head nationwide, up 238.04 CNY or 52.80% from 450.67 CNY in the previous week and down 861.03 CNY or 55.60% from 1549.74 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 9

2.947

3.512

3.318

9.77

8.68

688.71

Week 8

2.942

3.692

3.361

9.23

8.08

450.67

M-o-M±

0.005

-0.18

-0.043

0.54

0.6

238.04

M-o-M%

0.2%

-4.88%

-1.3%

5.9%

7.4%

52.8%

Y-o-Y

1.866

2.748

2.57

19.57

14.2

1549.74

Y-o-Y±

1.081

0.764

0.748

-9.8

-5.52

-861.03

Y-o-Y%

57.9%

27.8%

29.1%

-50.1%

-38.9%

-55.6%

 

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