At the end of 2017, the pig price market was very good. How did pig prices rise in the north and south regions?

At present, the national pig price market is relatively good. In the northern region, farmers are more reluctant to sell, and the overall supply of live pigs is somewhat tight, but the weather is good, which is favorable for the release and transportation of live pigs, and slaughterhouses have no pressure in purchasing live pigs. At the same time, because it is not yet the time for killing New Year pigs, concentrated consumption still needs to be boosted, slaughterhouses have not increased volume, and they still have a strong willingness to press prices. At present, supply and demand are still in a state of mutual restraint, but as consumption gradually improves, it is expected that live pig prices in the northern region will maintain a slight rise in the near future, and after the twelfth lunar month, pig prices will show a favorable increase.

In the southern region, there has been less rainfall recently, which is favorable for drying cured meat and other cured products. Market demand is relatively good and consumption is strong, and pig prices are rising steadily. Although the southwest region has seen obvious fluctuations, it has already led the national rise. Every household and courtyard has been filled with cured meat, cured sausages and cured duck. The peak demand period has arrived, slaughterhouses have had to increase volume and raise prices, farmers are waiting to sell at a good price, and in many places pigs are being held back from the market. Demand has begun to dominate the market, and it is expected that pig prices may maintain an upward trend before the New Year.