Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
The EU-spec SPP gained 0.75p to stand at 178.73p/kg during the week ended July 4 in a welcome boost for the pigs sector.
The increase follows three weeks of stability for the price index during June, meaning it has gained 0.85p since early June, after a steady decline that had it lose more than 19p since the end of 2025. The SPP is still nearly 29p 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 of EU prices showed further hefty price falls in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium, although French prices moved up.
The grade S EU reference price was steady at just over 140p/kg during the week ended June 28, with the gap to equivalent UK price remaining above 43p, highlighting the continuing pressure on UK prices.
AHDB’s estimated GB clean pig slaughterings, at 163,451 head during the week ended July 4, were 1,000 head up head on the week and 13,000 head above 2025 figures. Throughout June, estimated slaughterings had been trending slightly below year-earlier levels.
Average carcase weights were stable at 90.92kg in the the SPP sample. With the backlog now under control, carcase weights remain nearly 5kg below the recent April peak and more than 1kg above year-earlier levels.
The extreme hot weather of the past two or three weeks will have impacted productivity in the short-term and longer-term, with some heavy losses reported on farms during first heatwave, alongside what are likely to be slower growth rates.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on July 8 at £17y/t for November, in line with last week, and £184/t for January.