The price of beef and mutton fell slightly in the bazaar

According to the fixed-point monitoring of the prices of livestock and poultry products and feed in 500 markets across the country, the prices of piglets, live pigs, beef and mutton and corn decreased in the third week of August, while the prices of pork remained unchanged, while the prices of poultry products and raw milk rose.

The price of pigs. The national average price of live pigs was 18.62 yuan / kg, down 0.4% from the previous week and 2.8% higher than the same period last year. Live pig prices rose in 8 provinces and decreased in 22 provinces. The average price of live pigs is higher in Northwest China (19.17 yuan / kg) and lower in Northeast China (17.74 yuan / kg). The average price of pork nationwide was 29.71 yuan / kg, the same as the previous week, up 5.6% from the same period last year. Pork prices rose in 13 provinces, flat in 4 provinces and declined in 13 provinces. The average price of pork in southwest China is 30.41 yuan / kg, while that in North China is 28.82 yuan / kg. The national average price of piglets was 47.07 yuan / kg, down 0.4% from the previous week and up 36.6% from the same period last year. Piglet prices rose in 8 provinces, flat in 1 province and decreased in 21 provinces.

The price of eggs. The national average price of eggs was 8.98 yuan / kg, up 1.6 percent from the previous week and down 11.4 percent from the same period last year. The average price of eggs in 10 major producing provinces, including Hebei and Liaoning, was 7.36 yuan / kg, up 4.1 percent from the previous week and down 16.3 percent from the same period last year. The national average price of live chicken was 18.61 yuan / kg, up 0.2% from the previous week, down 1.3% from the previous week, while the average price of white-striped chicken was 18.94 yuan / kg, up 0.2% from the previous week and down 0.9% from the previous week. The average price of commercial substitute chicks was 3.4 yuan per chicken, down 0.3 percent from the previous week and up 8.6 percent year-on-year; the average price of commercial broiler chickens was 3.14 yuan per chicken, up 0.3 percent from the previous week and 13.4 percent year-on-year.

Price of beef and mutton. The national average price of beef was 61.77 yuan per kilogram, down 0.1 percent from the previous week and 1.6 percent from the same period last year. The average price of beef in major producing provinces such as Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong and Henan was 55.23 yuan / kg, down 0.1% from the previous week; the average price in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces was 73.61 yuan / kg, down 0.1% from the previous week. The national average price of mutton is 54.79 yuan / kg, down 0.2% from the previous week and 8.6% from the same period last year. The average price of mutton in major producing provinces such as Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan and * * was 50.63 yuan / kg, down 0.1% from the previous week; the average price in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces was 65.02 yuan / kg, the same as the previous week.

Price of fresh milk. The average price of fresh milk in 10 major dairy producing provinces (regions), including Inner Mongolia and Hebei, was 3.4 yuan / kg, up 0.3% from the previous week and down 0.6% from the same period last year.

Feed price. The national average price of corn was 2.07 yuan / kg, down 0.5 percent from the previous week and 15.9 percent from the same period last year. The average price of corn in the three provinces in northeast China, the main producing area, was 1.9 yuan / kg, down 0.5% from the previous week; the price of corn in Guangdong Province, the main selling area, was 2.22 yuan / kg, down 0.4% from the previous week. The national average price of soybean meal was 3.44 yuan / kg, down 0.3 percent from the previous week and up 3.9 percent from the same period last year. The average price of formula feed for fattening pigs was 3.1 yuan / kg, the same as the previous week, down 4.3% from the same period last year. The average price of formula feed for broilers was 3.14 yuan / kg, down 0.3% from the previous week and 5.4% from the same period last year. The average price of compound feed for laying hens was 2.87 yuan / kg, down 0.3% from the previous week and 5.6% from the same period last year.