“Golden September and Silver October” fell short, and pig prices are once again bottoming out: standard pig quotations fell back to 10.19 yuan/kg
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Post-holiday hog prices continue to edge down: the average price of standard-weight hogs falls to 10.13 yuan/kg, with markets turning red across the north and south
10 month is about to enter its middle period. The National Day holiday has ended, and hog market trading has resumed.
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Post-holiday hog prices see a “180° major shift”: 10.19 yuan/kg faces downward pressure as the live hog market consolidates near the bottom
During the National Day holiday, the live hog market maintained a narrow trading range.
After the National Day holiday, hog prices are holding steady with a weak bias; the live hog market in 10 is still in the “bottom-building” phase
At the start of 10, the National Day holiday ended, and the domestic live hog market saw slight consolidation during the holiday.
Risk of a weak peak season in the fourth quarter remains; a substantial short-term rise in hog prices is unlikely
Recently, changes in the pace of hog marketings by large-scale producers have kept the live hog market in a narrow-range tug-of-war.
Pork exports approach 1,2 million tonnes in the year-to-date through 2026
Brazilian pork exports (including all products, both fresh and processed) reached 1,192 million tonnes between January and September 2026, an…
Markets open for Brazilian pork
Sanitary and phytosanitary authorities from Antigua and Barbuda, Algeria, and China have notified Brazil of the opening of their markets to new…
Italy CUN: prices of fresh pork cuts, all confirmed
Loin without coppa, without tenderloin, with ribs (Padova loin): 3,90€/kg (0) Fresh leg for dry-cured ham — trimmed for traditional production…
Italy CUN: prices for slaughter pigs in the protected circuit fall; piglets of 30kg unchanged; slaughter sows “Not Formulated”
Pigs 156-200kg = 2,005€/kg live weight (-0,01) Piglets of 30kg = 2,729€/kg live weight (0) Slaughter sows (ex-departure - minimum price): “Not…
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Argentina's agro-industrial export record grows
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of the National Ministry of Economy reports that agro-industrial exports between January…
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EU pig slaughter forecast to fall in 2027 on weak piglet prices
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