Many eggs prices continue to rise

In the first two days, heavy rain fell in Nanjing, and the weather was cooler than before. However, the price of this egg has been rising. Xiao Bian visited a number of vegetable markets and found that the price of ordinary eggs on the market had collectively “broken 5”. In Jinhe’s bazaar market, eggs had already sold for 5.2 yuan a pound, according to retail stall owners and wholesalers. The price has not touched the ceiling yet, and it will continue to rise.

Yesterday, the Jinling Evening News visited several agricultural markets such as the Fujian Road Market and the Xianghe Trade Market. The price of egg stalls on the price card has generally been “broken 5”. Take the Xianghe Trade Market as an example, the price of ordinary eggs. It is 5.2 yuan a pound, raising the price of eggs is 7 yuan a catty, while the price of free-range grass eggs reached 8.5 yuan a pound. The stall owner told reporters that the price of eggs began to rise from a week ago, and the rate of increase in these two days was even faster. By yesterday, prices had generally exceeded 5 yuan per kilogram. During the interview, the reporter happened to meet chicken farm staff who sent eggs over. They told reporters that in fact wholesale prices are also rising. At present, the wholesale price of ordinary eggs has exceeded 4.6 yuan a pound, which also promoted the retail price to continue rise.

The Kazakh price department learned that according to monitoring data, the average price of eggs on the farmer's market was 4.10 yuan/kg on August 23; on the 26th, the price of eggs rose sharply to 4.50 yuan/kg; on the 27th, the price of eggs was 4.60 yuan/kg. It is understood that this round of egg prices is mainly affected by the Mid-Autumn Festival and the start of school, it is expected that egg prices will rise before the holiday.

According to Harbin reporters on the 27th visit to Harbin farmers market, supermarkets, wholesale markets and other places and found ice city egg prices rose from 4 yuan at the beginning of the month to four or six or seven. "Recently, the price of eggs has risen so fast that it has risen by five cents in five days." In the street market of Grass City, the public really exclaimed, "4.2 yuan a few days ago, it rose to 4.7 yuan today!" , Engineer Street Morning Market, Carrefour Supermarket National Exhibition Stores and other farmer's markets and supermarkets, the reporter found that egg prices in Kazakhstan have risen to varying degrees, the price is generally between 4.6 to 4.8 yuan per catty. In the Carrefour National Exhibition Store, ordinary bulk eggs are priced at 3.7 yuan, but staff members said that 3.7 yuan has already been out of stock, and only more expensive stupid eggs.

It is understood that the rise in egg prices was mainly affected by factors such as increased demand for eggs. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the demand for eggs increased in various food factories. With the start of the school year, the canteens of schools and kindergartens began to purchase a large number of eggs, which also pushed up the price of eggs. In addition, the price of corn used for chicken feed continues to rise at a high level and shows upward trend, leading to an increase in the cost of farming. Harbin City Runheng international agricultural and sideline products wholesale center engaged in egg wholesale Yanghua Jun told reporters that the recent increase in demand in the southern city of Harbin has led to an increase in egg shipments, but also contributed to egg prices. It is expected that with the arrival of the holiday season, the price of eggs will continue to rise and will fall after the holiday season.

Taking the recent changes in egg prices in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province as an example, according to the monitoring data of Zhejiang Hangzhou Municipal Price Bureau, from August 1 to 7, the average price of eggs traded in Hangzhou's urban bazaars was 4.78 yuan per catty, which was higher than the same period of last year. 1.49%. According to the Hangzhou Egg and Egg Industry Association’s introduction, the site purchase price of eggs has also increased to 4.5 yuan per catty, which is more than 1 yuan more than 3.3 yuan per catty a month ago, and rose by more than 30% in just one month. High temperatures affect egg production, and supply tightness pushes up egg prices due to high temperature weather. Egg production in laying hens has decreased significantly. In July and August of this year, hot weather in many places across the country broke the record. According to the statistics of the Central Meteorological Observatory, since July, there have been large-scale high-temperature weather in Jiangnan, Jianghuai, Jianghan, and Chongqing, and the high-temperature regions have covered 19 provinces, regions, and municipalities. According to relevant investigations, due to the hot weather, the food intake of laying hens decreased, and the egg production of laying hens decreased by 20% to 30%. Coupled with the high temperature, resulting in increased egg quality and logistics costs, the price of eggs naturally rises. In addition, the hot weather also led to a significant reduction in the number of replenishment of the broiler chickens in the farms (households) and a significant increase in the number of culled chickens.

The increase in egg prices is in line with the normal seasonal fluctuations in the market. From the egg price fluctuation cycle, due to the summer high temperature weather, laying hens enter the low season of laying eggs, the output decreased from the previous period; at the same time as the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day “two sections” approach, the demand of residents for eggs increased, the end of July, early August eggs Prices began to rise and will continue until September or October. Since the early June of this year, the country’s urban and rural residents’ egg consumption confidence has gradually recovered after the country’s lifting of the H7N9 bird flu outbreak warning. At the same time, as the hot summer season, eggs are used as the main source of high-quality protein to replace meat consumption, and market demand has increased. However, in southern China, where continuous high-temperature weather occurs, the egg production of laying hens has decreased significantly, and the supply of eggs in the market has been relatively reduced. Contradictions between market supply and demand have pushed up egg prices nationwide. The cyclical fluctuations in egg prices are significant.

Egg prices will continue to rise in the afternoon

Affected by the continued downturn in the previous egg market and the hot summer weather, the inventory of laying hens has decreased compared with the same period of last year. Compared with the average level in recent years, the current layer industry shows a clear trend of low production capacity and tight supply. From late August, the country’s hot weather will gradually subside, and egg laying levels will gradually recover. However, as the “Two Festivals” of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day approach and the major universities and colleges begin to open one after another, it is expected that the egg demand in the market will increase significantly from September to October, and the nation’s egg prices will continue to rise and may even exceed the historical high level of last year.