Report Title - 202501031 Zhonghui Futures Monthly Report on Live Pigs: Limited Acceleration in Capacity Reduction, Beware of Rebound Risks in Peak Season [1] Core Viewpoints - Short - and medium - term trading follows fundamental logic, with the futures market showing signs of bottoming. There may be a certain warming opportunity in the peak season due to improved demand and structural support from large pigs, but the rebound height in Q4 is expected to be limited. The far - month contracts can be strategically bullish in the long - term, subject to policy influence. It is recommended to short on rebounds for near - month contracts, beware of the rebound risk of the peak - season 01 contract after bottom - probing, and also consider shorting opportunities for the off - season 03 contract. Pay attention to reverse arbitrage opportunities during the downward repair of the far - month premium [4][5]. Summary by Directory 1. Spot Performance - Live Pig Spot Prices: This week, the national live pig spot price rebounded to 12.54 yuan/kg, with prices in other provinces also rebounding to varying degrees. For example, the price in Henan rebounded to 12.74 yuan/kg, in Jiangsu to 12.86 yuan/kg, in Hunan to 12.1 yuan/kg, in Chongqing it remained stable at 13.25 yuan/kg, and in Sichuan it rebounded to 12.2 yuan/kg [3][16]. - Sow Prices: The average price of culled sows rebounded slightly, up 0.68 yuan to 8.97 yuan/kg. The average price of二元sows decreased by 14.28 yuan/head to 1529.52 yuan/head. Due to weak demand from farmers, the price of二元sows is expected to continue its weak performance [3][18]. - Piglet Prices: The national 7kg piglet出栏price increased by 17.62 yuan to 182.86 yuan/head, and the 15kg piglet price increased by 20 yuan to 260.8 yuan/kg. It is speculated that small - scale farmers are entering the market by purchasing piglets [3][20]. 2. Logic and Outlook - Price Movement Logic: Before mid - October, due to the loose supply - demand pattern, both the futures and spot prices of live pigs declined. After the price reached a new low in the 10 - yuan range, farmers' willingness to hold prices increased. The widening of the standard - fat price difference in North and Northeast China led to more farmers delaying sales and second - fattening, supporting a staged price rebound. However, the short - selling pressure on the futures market remains significant [4]. - Supply - Demand Fundamentals - Supply: In the short term, the supply pressure remains high. The planned出栏of large - scale farms has increased, the出栏weight is relatively high, and the inventory structure supports high supply pressure in Q4. Although the inventory of large pigs supports the peak season to some extent, the subsequent pressure from second - fattening is obvious. The reduction of the breeding sow inventory is not significantly accelerating, and the improvement in production efficiency offsets some of the reduction pressure [4]. - Demand: Recently, demand has shown a stable trend, with the slaughter rate remaining stable and the decline in the fresh - meat sales rate slowing down. It is expected that demand will improve with the cooling weather, resulting in a pattern of both supply and demand increasing [4]. - Cost - Profit: The short - term divergence between feed and live pig prices has reduced farmers' losses, which is not conducive to accelerating capacity reduction. Further losses are needed to drive the reduction of breeding sow inventory [4]. 3. Key Data - Spot Prices: The national average price of三元live pigs was 12.52 yuan/kg, the average price of二元sows was 32.47 yuan/kg, the average price of culled sows was 8.97 yuan/kg, the 7kg piglet出栏price was 182.86 yuan/head, and the 15kg piglet price was 260.8 yuan/kg [7]. - Supply Data - Short - term Supply: In September, the national live pig inventory increased to 436.8 million heads. The 10 - month enterprise planned出栏was 13.3933 million heads, a 5.48% increase from the previous month. The standard - fat price difference was - 0.75 yuan/kg [7][22][26]. - Medium - term Supply: In September, the national piglet birth number was 5.676 million, and the survival rate was 92.56% [7][32]. - Long - term Supply: In September, the national breeding sow inventory was 40.35 million heads, a decrease of 30,000 from the previous month [7][34]. - Demand Data: This week, the national slaughter enterprise's operating rate rebounded to 34.94%, the slaughter volume increased to 147,506 heads, and the fresh - meat sales rate was 86.04%. The pork wholesale volume in Beijing Xinfadi and the pig trading volume in Foshan Zhongnan Agricultural Products Wholesale Market are in seasonal growth. The frozen - product storage rate increased to 18.22% [7][36][38]. - Cost and Profit Data: The cost of purchasing piglets and self - breeding has decreased. Currently, the profit of purchasing piglets is about - 80 yuan/head, and the self - breeding profit is about 10 yuan/head [7][45].
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Zhong Hui Qi Huo·2025-10-31 12:20