Meat market in Poland (12/05/2024)

Published May 28, 2024

Tridge summary

In the week of May 6 to May 12, 2024, Poland experienced a decrease in live pig purchase prices by 1% from the previous week and 15% year-on-year, aligning with the stable EU average. Pork sales prices saw a minor adjustment, mirroring the decrease in pig prices. The country also witnessed a slight decrease in live beef purchase prices by 1% from the previous week and 9.5% year-on-year. Meanwhile, poultry prices saw slight changes in the procurement of chickens and turkeys, while broiler duck prices fluctuated significantly, with year-on-year decreases of 15%, 26%, and 28% for broiler chickens, broiler ducks, and turkeys, respectively. Sales prices of poultry meat showed variations, with gutted chicken carcasses being 2% more expensive week-on-week and 9% more expensive month-on-month, while gutted turkey carcasses saw a slight increase from the previous week and month.

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Original content

Purchase prices of live pigs On the domestic market, from May 6 to May 12, 2024, meat plants monitored by the Integrated Agricultural Market Information System of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as in the previous week, purchased slaughter pigs at PLN 7.42/kg. This price level was 1% lower than a month ago and 15% lower than a year ago. In the EU, the average purchase price of live pigs has been relatively stable since the third decade of April this year. In the second week of May this year. EU suppliers for class E slaughter pigs obtained EUR 219.06/100 kg of chilled slaughter weight compared to EUR 218.79/100 kg a week earlier and EUR 219.76/100 kg a month ago. In Poland, the price of live pigs of this class expressed in euro was EUR 225.79/100 kg, i.e. 3% higher than the average in the EU, but 2% lower than on the German market. At the same time, the price in Poland was higher than in the Netherlands by 24%, in Denmark by 22%, in France by 4% and in Spain by ...

Source: Gospodarz