During last week's trading, operators of the slaughter pig live market mostly did not revise purchase prices: as before, they fluctuate between 74-76 UAH/kg with a slightly lower level in the western regions. The weighted average market price remained at 74.55 UAH/kg.
Monitoring of the sentiment of meat processing industry representatives indicates that operators have mixed expectations. However, the vast majority of procurers are focused on further stability of quotations. The majority of them believe that consistently low sales are balanced by a limited supply of live bait. In addition, a number of operators (mainly from the Centre) note lower slaughter weights, which directly affects the slaughter yield of half-carcasses and the volume of consignments required to meet raw material needs. At the same time, pork producers report relatively stable demand from buyers and planned sales, although in some cases they also record extraordinary requests from new or old contractors.
The results of the weekly monitoring of purchase prices from processors can be found in this section.