Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain.
The EU-spec SPP continued its upward trajectory to reach another new high for the year during the week ended July 12, gaining 0.16p to stand at 207.71p/kg.
The SPP has now gained 0.74p over the last three weeks and 2.4p over the past nine weeks of largely uninterrupted, albeit small, weekly increases. It is now 2.3p above where it started 2025 and just over 2p below where it stood a year ago.
The EU reference price (Grade S) was down by 0.8p to 187.19p/kg during the week ended July 6, increasing the gap slightly to the equivalent UK price to 22.6p, an historically typical difference. There were significant price falls in Ireland, Denmark and Belgium last week, alongside a more modest drop in the Netherlands.
AHDB’s estimated GB slaughterings for the week ended July 5, at 156,057 head, were 2,300 down on the previous week, but 5,000 up on the 2024 figure, and 8,000 above 2023. As always, these estimates are potentially subject to revision.
Average carcase weights bounced back, gaining 0.35kg to stand at 90.06kg in the SPP sample, 0.7kg below year-earlier levels.
London feed wheat futures were quoted by AHDB on July 9 at £177/t for November, £2 up on last week, and £181/t for January, £1 up on last week.
You can view all the latest price, slaughter and carcase weight trends HERE