Analysis Pigs
DCA Beursprijs takes its foot off the gas
After a few major price increases in succession, things have calmed down on the pig market. The demand for pigs is still good, but the extreme appetite has disappeared for a while. This was also to be expected. It should therefore come as no surprise that pork prices continue to trend sideways.
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Whether pig prices will take a breather or stop rising for the time being will have to be seen in the coming weeks. The second seems more likely at the moment. After all, the price increases in recent weeks were quite significant and also early. Usually there are also periods of price increases in March or April.
After the German pig price leveled off this week at €2,15 per kilo, the Internet stock exchange also slowed down today. This means that the revival can finally be put to an end. After all, Germany was the driving force and Dutch slaughterhouses followed. The German revival of €0,15 in recent weeks was also not fully followed in our country.
Explanatory slaughter figures
The slaughter figures partly explain this. In Germany the supply is proportionately tighter than here. With just over 700.000 pigs, a considerable part of the capacity in German slaughterhouses remains unused. With 293.929 pigs slaughtered, Dutch slaughterhouses are not going all out either, but they seem to be at peace with that. The average slaughter weight of 102.60 kilos is also still on the heavy side.
The direction of the pig price for next week is causing little discussion in the Dutch pig trade, given the flattened market in Germany. This means that the DCA Exchange price for slaughtered pigs remains at €2,08 per kilo. The price of live pigs is also the same at €1,65 per kilo.
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