White-coated piglet: new increases in fattened pigs

White-layer fattened pigs resumed increases due to weight cuts and a slight improvement in demand. A strong cut in weights, once holiday delays have disappeared and sustained demand from slaughterhouses, have prompted the increases. In contrast, piglets continue to drop due to increased supply and declining demand. In the annual comparison, prices have fallen by 15.75%. Piglet supply is rising, both nationally and in external animal entries, but demand is pressuring the price, with buyers reluctant to purchase at these prices for post-summer sales, according to sources from Lonja del Ebro. Sources from Lonja de Binéfar indicate that the price adjustment is largely due to a supply that, while not excessive, does not find sufficiently active demand to sustain previous levels. There is no urgency to make entries, partly due to the slowness in the exit of fattening animals. This slowdown in the slaughter rhythm means that the necessary gaps are not generated to give continuity to the ...