Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
The EU-spec SPP lost a further 0.41p to stand at 205.25p/kg, during the week ended October 11.
The price index has lost 1.5p over the past three weeks and 2.7p over the past seven weeks. It is now 0.2p below where it started 2025 and 2.5p below where it stood a year ago.
The domestic pig price has been falling against the backdrop of plummeting EU prices, with further notable reductions this week across the EU, led by 15 eurocent reversal in Germany (see the Tribune for the latest on EU prices).
The headline gap between UK and EU prices continues to grow. The previous week’s reductions had already seen the EU reference price (Grade S) lose a further 1.6p to stand at 166.81p/kg during the week ended October 5, widening the gap to the equivalent UK price to 41.6p, compared with around 22p in late-June.
AHDB’s latest estimated GB slaughterings for the week ended October 11 were down by more than 14,000 head to 159,563 head, 5,000 down on 2024 and 7,000 down the same week in 2023. As always, these estimates are potentially subject to further revision.
Average carcase weights increased for the sixth successive week, gaining 0.39kg to stand at 91.91kg in the SPP sample, to remain just below year-earlier levels.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on October 15 at £165/t for November, similar to last week, and £168/t for January, slightly down on last week.