Pig prices hold at €2.16-€2.20/kg

The average European price for a Grade-E carcass pig for week 12 was €2.18/kg (excluding Vat).

There was no announced change in Irish pig prices last Friday with farmers reporting quotes of at least €2.16-€2.20 available from Irish processors.

The average European price for a Grade-E carcass pig for week 12 was €2.18/kg (excluding Vat). It's still behind by 6.4% on prices for the same week last year, according to the Commission, but is up 3.1% on last month’s average price. The Standard pig price in UK as of March 23 was £2.11/kg (equivalent to €2.47 Vat inclusive). Throughput for the week ending March 31 was 67,489, of which 1,913 were sows.