According to the monitoring of 500 county-level farmers' markets and collection points across the country, in the second week of February (with the collection date being February 12), the prices of piglets, chicken meat, commercial broiler chicks, beef cattle, and mutton sheep rose month-on-month; the prices of live pigs, pork, and eggs fell month-on-month; and the prices of fresh milk and feed products remained flat month-on-month.

Prices of live pig products. The national average price of piglets was 27.56 RMB per kilogram, up 0.6% from the previous week and down 24.0% year-on-year. The prices of piglets rose in 20 provinces including Ningxia, Shanxi, Hebei, Fujian and Guizhou, fell in 8 provinces including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hainan, Guangxi and Xinjiang, and remained flat in Tianjin. The price in South China was relatively high, at 29.65 RMB per kilogram; the price in North China was relatively low, at 26.09 RMB per kilogram. The national average price of live pigs was 12.94 RMB per kilogram, down 2.5% from the previous week and 18.8% year-on-year. The prices of live pigs rose in Qinghai and Yunnan, and fell in 28 provinces including Fujian, Beijing, Shandong, Henan and Tianjin. The price in Southwest China was relatively high, at 13.67 RMB per kilogram; the price in Northeast China was relatively low, at 12.44 RMB per kilogram. The national average price of pork was 23.80 RMB per kilogram, down 0.3% from the previous week and 13.7% year-on-year. The prices of pork rose in 12 provinces including Jiangxi, Jilin, Guangxi, Guizhou and Hubei, fell in 17 provinces including Ningxia, Shandong, Liaoning, Henan and Tianjin, and remained flat in Inner Mongolia. The price in South China was relatively high, at 26.75 RMB per kilogram; the price in Northeast China was relatively low, at 20.22 RMB per kilogram.

Prices of poultry products. The national average price of eggs was 9.30 RMB per kilogram, down 0.6% from the previous week and 9.5% year-on-year. The price of eggs in 10 major producing provinces including Hebei and Liaoning was 8.29 RMB per kilogram, down 1.7% from the previous week and 5.3% year-on-year. The national average price of chicken was 22.89 RMB per kilogram, up 1.0% from the previous week and 2.8% year-on-year. The average price of commercial layer chicks was 3.62 RMB each, up 0.6% from the previous week and 11.9% year-on-year. The average price of commercial broiler chicks was 3.31 RMB each, up 0.6% from the previous week and 2.4% year-on-year.

Prices of cattle and sheep products. The national average price of beef was 72.65 RMB per kilogram, up 0.5% from the previous week and 11.0% year on year. The price of beef in 10 major producing provinces such as Hebei and Inner Mongolia was 66.44 RMB per kilogram, up 0.3% from the previous week. The price of live cattle in major producing provinces was 27.02 RMB per kilogram, up 0.1% from the previous week and 20.4% year on year. The national average price of mutton was 73.74 RMB per kilogram, up 0.8% from the previous week and 4.9% year on year. The price of mutton in 10 major producing provinces such as Hebei and Inner Mongolia was 71.60 RMB per kilogram, up 0.7% from the previous week. The price of live sheep in major producing provinces was 31.17 RMB per kilogram, up 0.5% from the previous week and 8.0% year on year.

Raw milk price. The average price of raw milk in 10 major producing provinces including Inner Mongolia and Hebei was 3.04 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week, down 2.3% year-on-year.

Feed prices. The national average price of corn was 2.45 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week, up 7.0% year on year. The price of corn in the three northeastern provinces, the main producing areas, was 2.27 RMB per kilogram, down 0.4% from the previous week; the price of corn in Guangdong Province, a major consuming area, was 2.52 RMB per kilogram, down 0.4% from the previous week. The national average price of soybean meal was 3.33 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week, down 6.7% year on year. The average price of compound feed for fattening pigs was 3.37 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week and unchanged year on year. The average price of compound feed for broilers was 3.51 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week, up 0.6% year on year. The average price of compound feed for layers was 3.23 RMB per kilogram, the same as the previous week, up 0.9% year on year.

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