During November, prices for chilled pork on supermarket meat counters were slightly lower than a month earlier, according to the analytical department of the Association "Pig Farmers of Ukraine": "If in October the average price of a kilogram of pork fluctuated within 207.5–209 UAH/kg, then in November we recorded a decrease in this range to 203.5–207.5 UAH/kg. So, according to the results of the last month of autumn, consumers paid 1.1% or 2.2 UAH/kg less than the previous one - 205.7 UAH/kg.
At the same time, the purchase prices of pork for the corresponding period were slightly higher than in October: a kilogram of pork with slaughter weight cost an average of 61.2 UAH/kg, which is 5.9% higher than in October. However, although retail prices have become closer to last year's (in November 2023, the average price of a kilogram of pork was 204.4 UAH/kg), prices for pigs in slaughter condition were 13.6% lower than in the corresponding period last year," inform ACS analysts. "The change in prices of the main cuts - shoulder blades, briskets, thighs - was limited to 1%. In contrast, the price tag of the neck, which previously reflected the rise in pork prices most noticeably, in November, on the contrary, decreased by 4.1%.
In general, the decrease in final prices for pork in November is quite typical for this period, as it reflects a decrease in consumer purchasing activity with the beginning of the heating season and before the start of the winter holiday period," the Association adds.