Due to shortage, the piglet price cannot be curbed

It gives the pig market an extremely restless appearance, with all its consequences. One of the consequences is that the relationship between the pig farmer and the slaughterhouse is under pressure and that is not good for both parties, especially since the meat market is starting to improve somewhat, but there are still sufficient challenges for the meat trade.

In the Netherlands, the movements on the pig market have been less extreme. For week 1, a DCA Exchange Price 2.0 of 1,41 euros was issued. In the following weeks an increase of 5 cents was achieved, an increase of 3 cents, a decrease of 3 cents and in week 4 the stock was recorded unchanged, with a plus 5 => 2 euros for week 1,48.

Against this background, the piglet prize is trying to find its way. Traders continue to look in amazement at the developments on the piglet market. But the shortage of piglets seems to have the upper hand, allowing the price to creep up weekly. This week too, the piglet market faces a new challenge. Piglet traders are still sending out signals that the trade in piglets is going well and that on balance there are too few piglets to meet all the demand. It seems logical that the masters are pushing back.

Following the trend report issued last week, the German piglet price has also put this into practice. This means that the WeserEms has reached 55,50 euros per piglet, compared to 1 euros in week 51,00. The trend report for week 6 is again plus 1.

Despite the fact that the supply of pigs is more than sufficient compared to demand, there is considerable vacancy at the fattening farm. The available space cannot be filled with the current number of piglets. Based on pig prices, an increase in piglet prices would not be obvious. However, the shortage of piglets forces another increase and the DCA BestPigletPrice rises by 1 euro to 54,00 euros.