Egg price diving to bid farewell to "4 times"

Eggs, which used to be so high, have been much cheaper recently. In many supermarkets and markets in Anshan yesterday, eggs were mostly less than 4 yuan / jin, and some of the promotional prices were even less than 3.5 yuan / jin.

Since the second half of 2014, the highest price of eggs has been close to 6 yuan per jin, and at the beginning of this year it has been no less than 5 yuan per jin. In the past week, due to the increase in egg production and the decrease in export, the price of eggs has also dropped sharply, falling below the 4 yuan mark for the first time in a year.

On April 1, at the Lishan Farmers' Market, eggs cost 3.9 yuan per catty for the first time in nearly a month, and sales also increased. Wang Fengjuan, who sells eggs in the market, said: "the price of eggs has never been so low in recent years. Not only are the citizens happy, but we are also happy. This year, the price of eggs is more than 4 yuan / jin, and the Spring Festival is more than 5 yuan / jin. It is the first time that less than 4 yuan has appeared this year. "

What does it mean that the price of eggs is less than 4 yuan per jin? We can see by comparing it with the same period last year. According to statistics from the Development and Reform Commission of Anshan City, eggs cost 4.5 yuan per jin on April 1 last year, 0.6 yuan higher than yesterday. Now this price can buy two more eggs per jin.

Eggs are cheap, have little impact on ordinary families, and save two or three yuan a month. But for enterprises and college canteens, it is very considerable. Take the staff canteen of an enterprise as an example, after the eggs are cheaper, they can save at least 1000 yuan a month.

The recent decline in egg prices is mainly due to an increase in production and a decrease in export. Egg sellers said that recently wholesale prices have fallen, and there is no shortage of supplies. Since late March, egg production has increased, and Anshan eggs are mostly exported or even exported. Due to the recent decline in export demand, the final price has dropped. Judging from the trend of the whole year in recent years, egg prices will decline after the Spring Festival and rise again in September. It is normal for eggs to be cheap in the market at present. In addition, the increase in income from raising laying hens last year and the increase in the number of farmers also increased the supply of eggs.

Wang Xuejing of the cost Supervision and Review Office of Anshan Development and Reform Commission said that according to the survey data in 2014, the average selling price of eggs per kilogram in Anshan was 8.49 yuan, and the production of laying hens in the second half of 2014 was better than that in the first half of 2014. In the future, the laying hen breeding industry is expected to enter the cruel reshuffle stage. After March 2015, egg prices will gradually move closer to the cost line, and breeding profits will gradually narrow. With the rise of feed prices and labor costs, the breeding model of small-scale laying hens will be greatly affected.