Inside: Pig Market
Declining slaughter figures remain ample
Last week fewer pigs were slaughtered in Germany, France and the Netherlands. Nevertheless, the slaughter figures remain ample and the weights high.
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In the Netherlands, 319.000 pigs were slaughtered last week, a decline of 1,85% compared to the previous week. Then there was talk of a provisional slaughter record. Compared to the same week last year and the 5-year average, the slaughter figures are more than 5% higher.
98,1
kilo
It is striking that the average slaughter weight has been stable for 3 weeks: 96,60 kilos. This is more than 1,5 kilos heavier than last year.
France and Germany
German slaughterhouses have now been slaughtering more than a million for 3 weeks in a row. However, the number of slaughters last week fell by about 10.000 pigs to 1.027.850, which weighed an average of 98,087 kilos. This is less than 1% below the 5-year average and the slaughter figure of the same week last year.
In France, too, with 374.604 slaughters, more than 1% fewer pigs were slaughtered than in the previous week. The average weight in France is 95,89 kilos.