Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
The EU-spec SPP dropped back fractionally, losing 0.09p to stand at 177.98p/kg during the week ended June 27.
While this reversed last week’s small gain by the same amount, it represents a third week of stability for the price index during June, after a steady decline that has it lose more than 19p since the end of 2025. The SPP is still nearly 30p below where it stood a year ago, on the back of an imbalance of supply and demand, compounded by low EU prices.
The latest Tribune roundup showed also showed very little movement in EU prices last week, although prices remain low across the board. The grade S EU reference price dropped back to 140.45p/kg during the week ended June 21, with the gap to equivalent UK price remaining above 43p.
After the year-on-year increase seen in the first four months of the year, the latest Defra figures show May UK clean pig slaughterings were down 1.7% on May 2025 at 842,000 head. As a result, AHDB’s estimated GB clean pig slaughterings have been significantly revised downwards, dating back a few weeks.
GB clean pig slaughterings were up 3,500 head on the week to, at 162,508 head during the week ended June 20, slightly ahead of the 2024 and 2025 figures. Overall throughout June, estimated slaughterings have been trending slightly below year-earlier levels, however.
After the biggest weekly fall last week since SPP records began in 2014, average carcase weights inched up, gaing 0.22kg to stand at 90.93kg in the the SPP sample. With the backlog now under control, carcase weights remain nearly 5kg below the recent April peak and slightly below year-earlier levels.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on July 1 at £172/t for July, £4 down on last week, and £179.50/t for November, £2 below last week.