The price of slaughter pigs decreased in the EU and in Hungary

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The German contract price and the Tönnies purchase price were 1.85 euros/kilogram carcass weight in the observed week. Vion bought pigs at 1.6, Danish Crown and Tican at 1.63 euros/kilogram carcass weight in the 38th week. The German contract price and the Tönnies purchase price decreased by 5 percent in the 38th week after several weeks of stagnation. According to AKI PÁIR data, the producer price of domestically produced slaughter pigs, excluding VAT and transport costs, was 772 forints/kilogram of carcass warm weight in August 2025, a decrease of 3.6 percent compared to the average price a year earlier.

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