Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the content Group 2: Core Views - The egg market's supply-demand pattern has improved, but long - term egg - laying hen capacity remains in surplus with high price pressure. The current capacity is at a high level but approaching an inflection point, with an overall bearish long - term trend. If speculating on a rebound, it is recommended to focus on far - month contracts [1] - Market expectations are that holiday stocking during the Tomb - Sweeping Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid - Autumn Festival & National Day in the second and third quarters will boost demand [3] Group 3: Summary by Directory Chapter 1: Core Contradictions and Strategy Recommendations 1.1 Core Contradictions - The inventory of laying hens is still at an absolute high. Although the inventory of laying hens in production has decreased slightly, the supply remains high. The market supply - demand pattern has improved. In December, the inventory of laying hens in production was about 1.344 billion, a month - on - month decrease. The egg - laying rate is expected to increase with the dropping temperature. The elimination volume of old hens remains high due to low breeding profits, and the enthusiasm for culling is fair. Chicken chick sales increased slightly in December, but the overall replenishment sentiment remains cautious. The inventory structure shows that the proportion of large and medium - sized eggs increased month - on - month, while that of small - sized eggs decreased [1] 1.2 Speculative Strategy Recommendations - Trend Judgment: The pre - Spring Festival stocking demand has started, and the circulation and production inventories are at historical lows. The previous low of the main contract may be a phased low, and there may be a second bottom - testing near contract expiration. The bottom - rebound grinding range may be between 2800 - 3400 [6] - Strategies: For the unilateral strategy, close out previous short positions, and either wait and see or lightly bet on a peak - season rebound. For the basis strategy and the calendar - spread strategy, wait and see [6] 1.3 Industry Customer Strategy Recommendations - Egg Price Range Forecast: The price range of the main contract is predicted to be 2800 - 3400, with the current 20 - day rolling volatility at 15.35% and the historical percentile of the current volatility (3 - year) at 11.01% [6] - Risk Management Strategy Recommendations: For inventory management, when product inventory is high and there are concerns about inventory depreciation, short egg futures (JD2603) to lock in finished - product profits (10% - 25% recommended ratio); if there are no suitable prices on the futures market, sell call options (JD2603 - C - 3400); if concerned about inventory depreciation but not wanting to miss potential large price increases, buy out - of - the - money put options (JD2603 - P - 2900). For procurement management, if there are future procurement plans and concerns about rising raw - material prices, buy egg forward contracts (JD2603 - P - 2900) according to the procurement plan to lock in procurement costs; if there are no suitable prices on the futures market, sell put options; if concerned about rising procurement prices but not wanting to lock in profits in advance, buy out - of - the - money call options (JD2603 - C - 3400) [6] Chapter 2: Market Information 2.1 This Week's Main Information - Positive Information: In January 2026, the egg price and feed cost both increased, but the increase in egg price (16.72% from January 1 - 15) far exceeded that of feed cost (0.53%), leading to the egg - laying hen breeding industry turning from loss to profit. This improvement in profitability has significantly boosted farmers' confidence, resulting in stronger reluctance to sell and a slower market supply rhythm [8] - Negative Information: In the third week of November (collection date: November 20), the mutton price increased month - on - month, while the prices of pork products, eggs, chicken, commercial - generation chicks, live cattle, and laying - hen compound feed decreased month - on - month, and the prices of beef, fresh milk, corn, soybean meal, fattening - pig compound feed, and broiler - chicken compound feed remained flat [9] 2.2 Next Week's Main Information - Pay attention to the egg quotes in the production areas Chapter 3: Futures Market Interpretation 3.1 Price - Volume and Capital Interpretation - The main egg futures contract 03 opened at 3040 yuan/500KG at the beginning of the week and closed at 3072 yuan/500KG at the end of the week, a 1.05% increase. The open interest was 263,000 contracts, an increase of 12,344 contracts from last week [10] 3.2 Basis and Calendar - Spread Structure Analysis - Calendar - Spread Structure: The overall egg calendar - spread shows a contango structure. Although the January - February spread shows a back structure, it follows the normal seasonal pattern of peak and off - peak seasons, with the overall structure being contango [12] - Basis Structure: The increase in the culled - chicken output has made the spot market strong. The basis of contract 01 has widened significantly, and the far - month basis has also strengthened [14] Chapter 4: Valuation and Profit Analysis - The current egg - laying hen breeding profit is gradually recovering and approaching the cost line. Seasonally, it is still the lowest in the past five years, giving farmers an incentive to cull hens. This week, the breeding profit remained in the red but is about to turn positive. Feed prices have rebounded, with the corn price strengthening periodically, leading to an increase in breeding costs. If the current breeding profit continues to be in the red, farmers' desire to recoup losses will gradually weaken, accelerating the culling of hens [16] Chapter 5: This Week's Supply - Demand Situation 5.1 Supply - Side Situation - Egg - Laying Hen Inventory: In December, the national inventory of laying hens in production was about 1.295 billion, a month - on - month decrease of 0.92%. The proportion of main - laying hens increased, while the proportions of reserve and to - be - culled hens decreased. The proportion of hens over 450 days old dropped to 8.52%, a 0.04% month - on - month decrease; the proportion of main - laying hens aged 120 - 450 days increased to 79.16%, a 0.26% month - on - month increase; the proportion of reserve hens under 120 days old dropped to 12.32%, a 0.22% month - on - month decrease. The egg - laying rate remained flat month - on - month [19] - Chicken Chick Situation: Chicken chick sales increased slightly in December. The total sales of commercial - generation chicken chicks from 18 representative enterprises monitored by Zhuochuang Information were about 39.59 million, a 0.10% month - on - month increase. The egg - laying hen breeding is still in the red, but the strong increase in egg and old - hen prices has turned the breeding profit positive (this week's average weekly egg profit was about 0.13 yuan), directly boosting farmers' confidence in replenishment. Chicken chick orders from breeding enterprises are generally scheduled until the end of February and early March, with some until mid - March, indicating guaranteed future demand [21] - Culled - Chicken Situation: There is a divergence between Zhuochuang and Ganglian data on culled - chicken volume. Zhuochuang shows a month - on - month decrease, while Ganglian shows a continuous increase this month, and the market's disagreement over the data is growing [23] 5.2 Consumption Situation - Egg sales in the main sales areas increased, while the egg arrival volume at the Guangdong wholesale market decreased [26] 5.3 Inventory Situation - This week, the production - link inventory and the circulation - link inventory were at multi - year lows, at 0.26 days and 0.48 days respectively [28]
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Nan Hua Qi Huo·2026-01-19 07:15