Pig market offers no leads

Despite the fact that a number of slaughterhouses use a holiday schedule, the pig supply is going well. Traders report that the supply is even on the tight side. Although there are also traders who suffer from slaughter losses. In the Netherlands the market is mainly stable. In Germany, for example, slaughterhouses are in considerable conflict with their suppliers. The large slaughterhouses in Germany continue to use a Hauspreis. This is much to the annoyance of the ISN.

ISN detunes
The ISN said in a statement that it was displeased with such behavior. According to the ISN, small and medium-sized slaughterhouses in Germany are surprised and frustrated about the pricing of Tönnies and Vion. Tönnies and Vion counter this criticism and believe that the North/West quotation should not have stabilized at €1,70 per kilo. The market would be too weak for that. According to Franse, the deviating pig price is mainly a result of the difficult export machine outside Europe.

Vion Germany does not show a consistent pricing policy. Vion's slaughter locations in the south of Germany pay the pigs on the North/West quotation. However, in Northern Germany the slaughterhouse still uses a Hauspreis. Westfleisch switched again after 2 weeks, from €1,66 to €1,68 per kilo. Tönnies firmly maintains their Hauspreis at €1,67 per kilo.

The ISN calls on German pig farmers not to sell at a Hauspreis. According to the ISN, the fact that slaughterhouses are perfectly willing to buy at better prices is confirmed by the higher Internet exchange. On Friday, July 28, it closed €0,01 lower at €1,74 per kilo, with two-thirds of the supply being purchased.

DCA Scholarship Price 2.0
The market currently offers no indications for an increase. This means that the DCA Exchange Price 2.0 (for slaughtered pigs) remains stuck at €1,60 per kilo for the second week in a row. The price of live pigs remains at €1,26 per kilo. Nevertheless, there is confidence that the pig price can make a step up in August.

Very stable slaughter figures
The supply, which slaughterhouses process weekly, is stable. In Germany, 29 pigs were slaughtered last week (week 955.956). In exact numbers, this is an increase of 723 pigs compared to the previous week. Such small differences are very unusual. In 'normal' weeks the supply often varies between 5.000 and 10.000 pigs. What is also striking is that the German pigs are delivered less heavy. In week 29, the slaughter weight decreased by 21 grams to 96,87 kilos.

In the Netherlands, 282.000 pigs were hanging on the hooks, a decrease of 1,05% compared to the previous week. However, there is an increase of 1,4% when compared with the same week in 2016. In France, more than 29 more pigs were slaughtered in week 49.500 than in week 28, an increase of 16%. 

 The trend in the number of slaughters in Germany this year, compared to the 5-year average.