According to the monitoring of 500 county fairs and collection points across the country, in the second week of August (collection date: August 13), the prices of live pigs, pork, eggs, chicken, commercial chicks and beef cattle rose month-on-month, while the prices of piglets, corn and broiler compound feed fell month-on-month, and the prices of mutton sheep, raw milk, soybean meal, finishing pig compound feed and layer chicken compound feed remained unchanged month-on-month.

Prices of pig products. The national average price of piglets was 21.98 RMB per kilogram, down 2.0% from the previous week and 35.2% year-on-year. Piglet prices fell in 28 provinces including Shanghai, Tianjin, Shandong, Fujian and Jiangxi, while prices in Ningxia remained flat. Prices were higher in South China, at 24.96 RMB per kilogram; and lower in Northeast China, at 21.14 RMB per kilogram. The national average price of live pigs was 11.23 RMB per kilogram, up 0.9% from the previous week and down 21.7% year-on-year. Live pig prices rose in 24 provinces including Chongqing, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Anhui and Liaoning, fell in 4 provinces including Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Guangxi and Ningxia, and remained flat in Tianjin and Fujian. Prices were higher in South China, at 11.87 RMB per kilogram; and lower in Northeast China, at 10.77 RMB per kilogram. The national average price of pork was 20.89 RMB per kilogram, up 0.3% from the previous week and down 16.5% year-on-year. Pork prices rose in 19 provinces including Shanghai, Chongqing, Heilongjiang, Sichuan and Anhui, fell in 10 provinces including Ningxia, Guangxi, Beijing, Jilin and Henan, and remained flat in Inner Mongolia. Prices were higher in South China, at 23.86 RMB per kilogram; and lower in Northeast China, at 17.78 RMB per kilogram.

Prices of poultry products. The national average price of eggs is 10.92 RMB per kilogram, up 0.8% from the previous week and 24.7% year-on-year. The average price of eggs in 10 major producing provinces including Hebei and Liaoning is 10.06 RMB per kilogram, rising 1.2% from the previous week and 37.4% year-on-year. The national average price of chicken is 22.42 RMB per kilogram, an increase of 0.4% from the previous week and 0.2% year-on-year. The average price of commercial layer chicks is 3.92 RMB per chick, up 0.3% from the previous week and 4.3% year-on-year. The average price of commercial broiler chicks is 3.45 RMB per chick, rising 1.5% from the previous week and 2.7% year-on-year.

Prices of cattle and sheep products. The national average price of beef is 74.13 RMB per kilogram, up 0.3% from the previous week and 5.9% year-on-year. The price of beef in 10 major producing provinces including Hebei and Inner Mongolia is 68.53 RMB per kilogram, a 0.2% increase from the previous week. The price of live cattle in major producing provinces is 28.53 RMB per kilogram, up 0.2% from the previous week and 6.3% year-on-year. The national average price of mutton is 72.89 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and 5.9% year-on-year. The price of mutton in 10 major producing provinces including Hebei and Inner Mongolia is 71.29 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week. The price of live sheep in major producing provinces is 30.63 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and 7.5% year-on-year.

Raw milk prices. The average price of raw milk in 10 major producing provinces including Inner Mongolia and Hebei stood at 3.06 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and up 1.3% year-on-year.

Feed prices. The national average price of corn was 2.46 RMB per kilogram, down 0.4% from the previous week and 1.6% year-on-year. The average corn price in the three northeastern provinces, the main producing areas, was 2.31 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week; the average corn price in Guangdong Province, the main sales area, was 2.48 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week. The national average price of soybean meal was 3.23 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and down 1.8% year-on-year. The average price of finishing pig compound feed was 3.35 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and down 1.2% year-on-year. The average price of broiler compound feed was 3.48 RMB per kilogram, down 0.3% from the previous week and 0.9% year-on-year. The average price of layer chicken compound feed was 3.23 RMB per kilogram, unchanged from the previous week and unchanged year-on-year.

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