Livestock market: week 42

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© Regional ranges of average purchase prices for Category I live hogs for the 42nd week of 2022.

During last Friday's trading, prices for pig vivace adjusted by 1.5-4 UAH/kg, the same as a week earlier. In particular, in the Center the purchasing prices of the majority of commodity batches fluctuated within 72-74 UAH/kg, a smaller supply of pork in the East kept the prices within 74-76 UAH/kg, in the Western regions the price range narrowed to 70-71 UAH/kg. The weighted average market mark shifted by 2.3% to 72.2 UAH/kg.

Producers of pork last week continued to exert pressure on prices, explaining it by the sufficiency of the market supply in conditions of reduced needs of animals of slaughter conditions and a seasonal decline in trading activity. Thus, a number of processors state the reduction of stocking volumes in response to the adjustment of orders from pork retailers. Some operators note significant difficulties in meeting the delivery schedule of chilled pork due to prolonged air raids and power outages. At the same time, the situation with the supply of commodity batches and market demand varies significantly from region to region, and meat processors are increasingly practicing stocking in neighboring areas, which increases the inter-regional discrepancy in prices.

The results of the weekly monitoring of the procurement prices of meat processors can be found in this section.


 

The Association Ukranian Pig Breeders  is a nonprofit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main objectives of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of the association farms, assistance in the development and introduction of new technologies for the efficient production of pork, expansion of markets, and protection of domestic sales market.