Irish pig prices steady after last week's 4c/kg drop
Factory pig throughput in Irish export plants for the week ending September 7 was 62,298 head, which was 1,282 less than last week.
There was no change to Irish pig prices on Friday last following the previous Friday’s 4c/kg drop, with producers reporting an average price of circa €2.02–2.04/kg.
The average price for grade E carcasses in week 35 stood at 200.3c/kg (excluding VAT), which is 0.4% behind the previous week and 0.9% behind prices last month. This is also 2.2% lower than the same period last year.
