World meat industry news

The cost of imported chicken legs has slightly decreased over the month. Prices for chicken meat in Russia for the week by February 28 decreased by an average of 1.3%. The cost of chicken cuts decreased by 1.0%, prices for offal decreased by 2.3%.

Over the month, the average level of domestic prices for raw chicken meat decreased by 2.0%, cutting - by 1.8%, offal - by 2.6%. For example, the average price for a Russian-made broiler carcass was 130 rubles/kg, a wing - 137 rubles/kg, a breast fillet - 222 rubles/kg.

Wholesale prices for imported chicken meat increased by 0.5%, and fell by 1.3% over the month. For example, the cost of imported chicken legs decreased by 0.8% over the month and amounted to 184 rubles/kg.

The cost of a broiler carcass has the potential to rise to 131 rubles/kg -137 rubles/kg by the 15th week. The price of breast fillet during this period may drop to about 212 rubles/kg.

For comparison: world prices for a broiler carcass rose 0.4% over the week, to $2.28 per kg. Compared to the previous month, the broiler rose in price by 2.9%, and over the year the increase was by 4.3%. Including the last week, prices grew in the USA, Brazil, the European Union, but remained stable in China. Over the past month, broiler carcass prices in Brazil rose by 6.3%, China - by 12.2%, in the US - by 0.9%, and in the EU - decreased by 3.6%.

In Russia, the cost of a broiler carcass in dollar terms decreased by 1.0% over the week to $1.74. For a month, a broiler in Russia became cheaper by 10.1% in dollar terms.

The average price for domestically produced turkey meat rose by 0.7% over the past week, but fell by 1.2% over the month. Prices for parts of the turkey carcass decreased by 0.9%, and for the month cutting prices fell by 1.3%. So, the cost of a carcass is 238 rubles / kg.