The average price of live pigs in China is 16.92 yuan/kg, while the average price for the compound feed for the fattening pigs is 3.64 yuan/kg

According to the monitoring of the fairs and collection points in 500 counties across the country, the prices of live chicken, white striped chicken, beef, soybean meal, compound feed for broilers, and compound feed for laying hens increased in the 5th week of December (the collection date was December 29). The prices of live pig products, eggs, commercial broiler chickens, fresh milk, and corn fell, while the prices of commercial egg broilers, mutton, and fattening pig compound feed remained the same. The price of live pig products. The national average price of piglets was 27.66 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.5% from the previous week and a year-on-year decrease of 66.8%. The price of piglets rose in 8 provinces including Liaoning, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Ningxia, Guizhou, Qinghai, The price dropped in 21 provinces including Anhui. The average piglet price in East China was higher, at 29.32 yuan/kg; in Southwest China, it was lower at 24.89 yuan/kg. The ...