Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
For the first time this year, the EU-spec SPP has moved upwards, albeit very marginally, gaining 0.03p to stand at 181.28p/kg during the week ended April 11.
Prior to this week, the SPP lost nearly 16p in 14 weeks of uninterrupted decline since the start of the year and nearly 27p since its recent August 2025 peak. It remains 23.5p below the same week last year and at its lowest point since June 2022.
After recent improvements in major EU markets, the latest Tribune roundup again showed little change across the board last week, with just a small increase in France recorded.
The good news of late has been the steady closing of the headline gap between UK and EU pig prices, after the all-time high of 70p in January. The grade S reference price for the week ended, April 5, was up 2p to 147.55p/kg, more than 2p above the low of 126.21p/kg recorded in the week ending February 1.
AHDB’s estimated GB clean pig slaughterings stood at 160,966 head during the second short Easter week ended April 4, 4,700 head up on the previous week and marginally below year-earlier levels.
After the previous week’s 0.53kg decline, average carcase weights soared again, gaining 0.76kg to stand at 95.54kg, nearly 4kg above year-earlier levels and the highest figure since the second week of this year.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on April 15 at £176/t for May, £3 up on last week, and the same figure, £176/t for July, £4 lower than last week.