Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
After last week’s 0.25p drop, the EU-spec SPP bounced back during the week ended June 28, gaining 0.39p to stand at 207.36p/kg, a new yearly high.
The latest increase means the price index has increased for six of the past seven weeks, gaining 2p in the process. It is now nearly 2p above where it started 2025 and 3p below where it stood a year ago.
On the European markets, last wee an increase in France has been offset by a notable drop in Belgium and a smaller reduction in the Netherlands.
The EU reference price gained 1.8p to just short of 187.5p/kg during the week ended June 22, narrowing the gap to the equivalent UK reference price to just over 22p, compared with 50p only a few months ago in February.
AHDB’s estimated GB slaughterings for the week ended June 28, at 162,789 head, were very slightly down on the previous week, but 1,000 ahead of the 2024 figure, but nearly 10,000 above 2023. As always, these estimates are potentially subject to revision.
Average carcase weights moved back up by 0.24kg to stand at 90.17kg in the SPP sample, 0.4kg below year-earlier levels.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on July 2 at £136.50/t for July, £3 down on last week, and £176/t for November, £2 down on last week.
You can view all the latest price, slaughter and carcase weight trends HERE