AHDB Pig Market Weekly
01 June 2012
AHDB UK Market Survey - 1 June 2012
Deadweight pig prices rose again during week
ended 26 May, the 13th consecutive week of
rising prices.
Pig market trends
Prices
Deadweight pig prices rose again during week
ended 26 May, the 13th consecutive week of
rising prices. The EU-spec DAPP increased by
0.21p to average 149.23p per kg. This represents
the first time the DAPP has been below year
earlier levels since April 2011. The improvement
in weather is likely to lead to increased demand,
particularly with the forthcoming Jubilee weekend,
but this hasn't fully fed through into prices yet.
High throughputs continue to dampen prices, with
clean pig slaughterings over the last month
estimated to be seven per cent higher than year
earlier levels. The average carcase weight was
marginally down on the previous week at 78.44kg
but this is more than half a kilo higher than last
year, further adding to increased supplies.
Due to the double bank holiday next week to
celebrate the Jubilee (week commencing 4 June)
no Deadweight Average Pig Price (DAPP) will be
published.
The average 30kg weaner price eased back by a
few more pennies to £44.07 per head for week
ending 2 June as feed costs remained high, with
only a limited reduction expected post-harvest.
UK holdings numbers
According to Defra’s Agriculture in the United
Kingdom 2011, the number of commercial
holdings keeping pigs in June 2011 was little
changed from the previous year. There was a total
of 10,900 holdings with pigs, around 200 more
than in June 2010. Of these, 6,000 had breeding
pigs, unchanged from a year earlier, and 9,000
had fattening pigs, up by 200.
These overall figures include many holdings with
small numbers of pigs alongside other farming
activities. Nearly half of all pig holdings had fewer
than ten pigs in total. The number of farms with
300 or more pigs was unchanged at 2,300, just
over half of which had over 1,000 pigs. These
largest holdings accounted for over 80 per cent of
all pigs. A further 3,400 holdings had between 10
and 300 pigs. Excluding those holdings with fewer
than ten pigs, the average herd size was 771,
slightly lower than the previous year.
More than half of holdings with breeding pigs had
fewer than five. There were only around 900
holdings with 100 or more breeding pigs but
between them they had 379,000 head, 88 per cent
of the UK breeding herd. Excluding the holdings
with fewer than five breeding pigs, the average
number on each farm was 153, marginally higher
than in June 2010.
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