Significantly shrunken quantities of pigs on offer are given as a reason for this by the French pig market. The Netherlands, too, report a 2 cents' plus. In Spain, it's just the other way round. The Spanish quoted down by 1 cent.

The German market is described as being well balanced. Having Christmas in mind, the domestic industry will require rather more than less merchandise over the next weeks and exports, too, will need more merchandise, so no serious changes should occur with regard to the steady market situation in the foreseeable future.

Trend for the German market: At the beginning of this week, pigs mature for slaughter are being looked for for purchase everywhere. From today's point of view, the prices may be expected to remain steady at least.

Explanation
¹corrected quotation: The official Quotations of the different countries are corrected, so that each quotation has the same base (conditions).
base: 56 per cent lean meat; farm-gate-price; 79 per cent killing out percentage, without value-added-tax (VAT)