What is the price of live pigs per kilogram/pound in US today?
The retail price range for US live pigs is between US$ 0.96 and US$ 2.87 per kilogram or between US$ 0.43 and US$ 1.30 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live pigs in US
The retail price range in Euro for live pigs is between EUR 0.88 and EUR 2.64 per kilogram or between EUR 0.40 and EUR 1.20 per pound(lb) in Washington and New York.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for US live pigs is between US$ 0.67 and US$ 2.01 per kilogram or between US$ 0.30 and US$ 0.91 per pound(lb).
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US Live Pigs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Pigs from the US has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2011, the price was 5.01 US dollars per kg, but by 2016, it had dropped to 0.28 US dollars per kg. Since then, the price has fluctuated, reaching a low of 0.23 US dollars per kg in 2019 and a high of 0.62 US dollars per kg in 2021. Currently, the price stands at 0.32 US dollars per kg. Predicted prices for 2023 and 2024 are 0.27 US dollars per kg and 0.22 US dollars per kg respectively.The exports of live pigs from US are classified as:
- Live swine, weighing < 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010391)
- Live swine, weighing >= 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010392)
- Pure-bred breeding swine (HS code 010310)
US Live Pigs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Pigs into the US has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2012, the price was 6.05 US dollars per kg, but by 2016, it had dropped to 0.28 US dollars per kg. This trend continued in 2017, when the price was 0.37 US dollars per kg, and in 2018, when it was 0.30 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price dropped even further to 0.23 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, it was 0.39 US dollars per kg. The most recent data shows that in 2021, the import price per kilogram of Live Pigs into the US was 0.62 US dollars per kg. This is a slight increase from the previous year, but still significantly lower than the price in 2012. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Live Pigs into the US in 2023 will be around 0.25 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 0.35 US dollars per kg.Export values for US live pigs
The total values in export for live pigs in US were US$ 13,697, US$ 23,389, US$ 19,691 and US$ 13,788 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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US live pigs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of live pigs sold by US in 2020 was 57,611 tons. In 2019 US shipped 61,663 tonnes of live pigs. For 2019 alone, the demand for US live pigs (livestock category) has gone down, flactuating by -5.307 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live pigs' exports reduced by -2.37 pc earning US US$13.79m for the year 2019. US' live pigs exports are categorised as:
- Live swine, weighing >= 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010392)
- Pure-bred breeding swine (HS code 010310)
- Live swine, weighing < 50 kg (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010391)
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US live pigs export values
In 2019, US shipped live pigs worth 13.79m USD, a contraction of -29.97% from 2018's total live pigs export of 19.691m USD. The yearly reduction in value of US live pigs between 2017 to 2018 was -15.811 percent.
The per year variation in the quantity of US' live pigs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -2.37 pc in comparison to a variation of -5.307% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
US' portion of the world's total live pigs' exports in 2019 was 7.3%. The country holds number 4 in world exports of live pigs.
Export markets for US live pigs ( in '000$ )
US' best performing export markets for live pigs are Guyana, Vietnam, Ecuador, Thailand and Colombia.
Import/Export Trends
US is a net importer of live pigs. The annual growth of US live pigs in value between 2015 to 2019 was -6%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was -12%, per annum.
US purchased 177,486 tonnes of live pigs in 2019.