Pig market loses its positive flow

The pig market feels a bit resigned. Slaughterhouses have been complaining for some time that meat sales cannot keep up with the rising pig price. Increasingly, this is also decreasing among pig traders. The outbreaks of African swine fever in Germany, some 150 kilometres from the Dutch border, are also not sitting well with the sector.

This has no further consequences for meat sales, but it is now dangerously close. In the event of an outbreak in the Netherlands, slaughterhouses will have a major problem in the form of export restrictions outside Europe. The need to freeze meat is therefore not so great.

Customized slaughter plans
Slaughter plans are increasingly being adjusted to the tight supply, according to several sources. Slaughterhouses are not getting their hooks full, but are accepting that for now. Pig prices are expected to remain stable in the coming weeks; a decrease or increase in pig prices is not clearly visible.

Based on the information, the DCA Exchange price for slaughtered pigs remains the same this week at €2,14 per kilo. The price of live pigs remains stable at €1,67 per kilo. Despite the fact that the increase of last week was not followed by slaughterhouses, traders are not very keen to correct the quotation.

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