Upstream pork, up for three months

As pork prices have picked up, the hog industry has also followed a "good day." Reporters visited and found that the price of corn, piglets and pigs rose for three consecutive months. According to industry analysts, with the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, pork prices may rise slightly.

Yesterday, the reporter went to a large pig farm in Tai'an. According to the person in charge of pig farms, feed prices have been rising in the past three months. Take corn as an example. The prices from June to August climbed all the way from June 1.8 yuan/kg in July and 1.82 yuan/kg in July, August. Rose to 1.91 yuan / kg. The person in charge told reporters that the recovery of pork prices directly led to the increase in the price of upstream piglets. From June to August, the average price of piglets was 18.4 yuan/kg, 20 yuan/kg, and 20.5 yuan/kg respectively.

Subsequently, the reporter interviewed other pig breeders and learned that the prices of corn and piglets have risen in different ranges. The relevant staff of the Bureau of Cost Investigation of the Price Bureau told the reporter that according to the results of surveys of pig farmers in Anshan, from June to August, except for the three consecutive months of rising prices of corn and piglets, the purchase price of live pigs has also risen. The average live pig purchase price in August was: 10.2 yuan/kg, 12.0 yuan/kg, and 12.2 yuan/kg.

In Anshan farmer's market, the reporter found that after the retail price of pork rose continuously, there has been a slight decline. In Lishan Farmers’ Market, the retail price of pork was 8.5 yuan/500 grams. In several farmers' markets such as emerging and flourishing, the reporter found that the price of pork was basically around 9 yuan/500 grams. A retailer told reporters that after rising from May to June, pork prices have fallen in recent weeks, from the most expensive 11 yuan/500 g to 9 yuan/500 g. The person in charge of the Price Bureau told the reporter that the price of pork started to fall from mid-August, and pork prices were relatively stable in the past week.

However, according to analysis by an industry source, with the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, due to the supply and demand relationship, the consumption demand for pork will be stimulated during the holiday season. With the increase of “Northern Pig South”, the price of pork is expected to increase by a certain margin; After the holiday period, the consumption of pigs and slaughter volume are relatively stable due to the decrease in live pig consumption. Even if the price of piglets, feed prices, and pig slaughter price increase slightly, it will have little effect on pork prices. Therefore, the price of pork after the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day may fall again.