Weekly Report on Factory Prices of Lean White Stripe Pork in the 8th Week of 2026 (i.e., February 24 to February 27, 2026)

Key point: According to the joint monitoring by the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Shandong ZhuoChuang Information Co., Ltd., for the 8th week of 2026 (i.e., February 24-27, 2026, hereinafter referred to as this week), the weekly average value of the total index of factory prices for lean meat type white stripe pigs in 16 provinces (municipalities) was 15.01 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 8.7% from the previous week, a decrease of 21.8% year-on-year, and an increase of 6.7 percentage points compared to the drop of the previous week.

According to the joint monitoring by the Information Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Shandong Zhuo Chuang Information Co., Ltd., the weekly average value of the total index of lean pork prices in 16 provinces (municipalities) in the 8th week of 2026 (i.e., February 24-27, 2026, hereinafter referred to as "this week") was 15.01 yuan per kilogram, down 8.7% from the previous week and down 21.8% year-on-year, with the decline widening by 6.7 percentage points compared to the previous week. This week, domestic lean pork prices (hereinafter referred to as "pork prices") fell significantly week-on-week. Pigs that were kept from slaughtering during the Spring Festival have been gradually released to the market, and both large-scale and small-scale pig farmers have been actively releasing pigs due to insufficient expectations for the future market, resulting in a surplus of pigs and pork; after the Spring Festival, pork consumption was sluggish, and the order ...