Pig prices at lowest since March 2021
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
The EU-spec SPP has again dropped to 139.00p/kg for the week ending 15 January. This is a drop of 1.10p from the previous week and the first time the SPP has been below 140p/kg since March last year.
The estimated slaughter was up 20.5% on last week at 179,423 head. This is up 1.5% from the same time last year. Carcase weight increased again this week to 95.42kg setting another new record. This shows that we are still seeing heavier, fatter pigs coming to slaughter. Probe measurements increased by 0.1mm from last week making a new highest recorded measurement of 11.9mm for the SPP sample.
The EU-spec APP stood at 146.03p/kg week ending 8 January. This is down 2.01p from the week previous and a larger drop than was seen on the SPP for the same week. The gap between the two price series now stands at 7.03p.
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