The slaughter pig market in June

Persistently tight supply

The supply of slaughter pigs in June was below average compared to the first quarter of this year. In order to utilize their slaughter capacities to the full, the slaughter companies therefore paid a little more from week to week. And this despite the fact that the sales of pork remained without any lasting impetus due to the weather. At the end of the month, the payout price for class E pigs was EUR 1,51 per kilogram, the highest since March 2002.

On a monthly average, the price for slaughter pigs in meat trading class E rose by 17 cents to 1,47 euros per kilogram slaughter weight; that was 20 cents more than a year ago. On average for all trade classes E to P, the fatteners also received 1,42 cents more than in May and 17 cents more than twelve months ago, at EUR 20 per kilogram.

The mail-order slaughterhouses and meat product factories in Germany that are obliged to report accounted for around 679.600 pigs a week according to trade classes on average in June. This was 4,8 percent lower than in the previous month and five percent lower than the slaughterings in June last year.

Source: Bonn [ZmP]