Price Trends
14 Aug 2017
EU Reference Price (p/kg dwt)
153.42 (0.93p/kg)
19 Aug 2017
Est GB clean pig Slaughterings (000 head)
168.84 (-0.13%)
05 Aug 2017
Est GB weekly sow slaughterings (000 head)
4.17 (-0.16%)
1. GB pig price regains some of previous weeks’ losses
Following negative movements in the previous two weeks, the EU-spec SPP recovered some ground in week ended 19 August, gaining 0.13p to stand at 164.66p/kg. The current quote is almost 29p above year earlier levels.
2. Producer’s share of pork price remains at record high in July
At 44% the producer’s share of the retail pork price recorded a marginal gain (0.2 percentage points) on the month in July and is the largest proportion received by producers since records began in 2009.
3. Irish pigmeat production rises
Throughputs of finished pigs in Ireland were broadly the same in the first six months of the year compared with 2016, standing at 1.66 million, according to data from the Central Statistical Office.
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