Tap on pig market: Vion and Tönnies lower price

In Germany there is talk of a weak meat trade. The current wave of infections of the omikron variant and the associated restrictions are not doing the meat sales any good. In the Netherlands, the slack and uncertain meat trade on Monday 10 January was a reason for Vion to postpone the announcement of the listing.

Big minuses for different parts
The difficult situation in the meat trade becomes clear from the quotations for the DCA pig parts quotations. A large number of parts are sold at lower prices. Ribs and necks in particular, with a minus of €8,67 cents per kilo, have to make a significant sacrifice in price. The minus of €3,67 cents for hams also hurts sales. More than €4 cents per kilo is handed in on the entire carcass.

The fact that the VEZG quotation was not adjusted downwards this week is due to a not extremely large live supply of pigs. In Germany, more than 823.000 pigs were slaughtered last week with an average weight of 97,5 kilos. The offer for next week also seems Community of interests the of Schweinehalter Deutschlands (ISN) not overly large.

German slaughterers adjust 'hausprice' even more sharply
Despite the fact that German slaughterhouses also complain about the margins, the German VEZG quotation remains unchanged at €1,23 per kilogram of slaughtered weight. The German butchers do not accept the unchanged quotation and adjust the prices further downwards. Both the prices of Tönnies and Vion Germany are now at €1,17 per kilo slaughtered weight.

Vion Nederland keeps its quotation unchanged at €1,31 per kilo slaughtered weight (including VAT) and Compaxo is quoted unchanged at €1,10 per kilo slaughtered weight (excluding VAT). Van Rooi also quotes unchanged at €1,11 per kilogram of slaughtered weight (excluding VAT).