Who "eats" the profit margin of pork

Lead words: the price of pig plummeted, but the price of meat didn't fall with it Recently, the reporter followed the whole process of buying, killing and selling pigs all the way, and finally revealed the truth - recently, the pork market is not calm Chutian City Daily reported on October 22 that in September this year, the price of pigs in the province was only 7.82 yuan per kilogram, down 21.5% year-on-year; in October, the decline was even greater, down 26.7% year-on-year But in the same period, the average meat price of the whole province decreased only 15.5% and 17.7% respectively Many people don't understand: why hasn't the price of meat plummeted? On October 27 and 28, the reporter followed the whole process of buying pigs, slaughtering and listing of wholesalers, and found out the real reason why the meat price did not fall sharply The first stop - buying live pigs was introduced by enthusiasts The reporter learned that the pig wholesaler You'an wanted to buy a batch of pigs At 3:00 p.m on the 27th, the reporter arrived in Jiangxia to meet with Laoyou and went to Ninggang town of Jiangxia together He wanted to go to a big pig farmer to pick 20 good pigs The purchase price of pigs directly determines the profit Lao you and the pig farmer are bargaining for a dime Pig farmers said that this batch of pigs produce more lean meat, which is a good breed of pigs with good quality It costs 3.7 yuan per 500g, and it will lose money if it is less than 3.5 yuan Later, the old swims the pigs straight to the Wuhan Long March slaughterhouse, and they will be slaughtered at about 11 p.m Lao you told reporters that the live pig business is becoming more and more difficult to do, and the market is bearish, and each pig can not earn a few money This batch of pigs is good I hope they can sell at a good price The second stop, the wholesale of pork, was about 11:00 p.m on the 27th, when 20 pigs from Laoyou were slaughtered The slaughterhouse takes back the byproducts such as pig head, pig intestines, pig blood, lard and pig heart, and returns 300 yuan to Laoyou according to 15 yuan per head At about 2:00 a.m on the 28th, 20 slaughtered pork were transported to the Changzheng meat wholesale trading point in the fruit batch of Shahu, Wuchang At 2:20 a.m on the 28th, the reporters came to the trading point The trading point is full of lights and people's voices The pork of dozens of business households, including Laoyou, has been neatly hung on the meat rack, waiting for the butchers to wholesale the pork Reporter looked at old you, his expression is not very good, "just opened the market, did not expect that the wholesale price of this batch of pigs can only be sold to 4.9 yuan / 500g." "Why not sell it higher?" Old swim head also did not return: "even if it is 5 cents higher than others, butchers are lazy to pay attention to you." The reporter walked around the trading point, the wholesale price of 4.9 yuan of Laoyou is the highest price in the market, and the lowest price is 4.6 yuan At 2:30 a.m., there are butchers around the old tour's pork "Can you make it cheaper?" Every time Lao you responds painfully, "no matter how low I am, I will lose money Don't pull it down!" At 5:00 a.m., 20 pigs of Laoyou were sold out The statistician showed the bill to the reporter and paid 16367 yuan Later, Laoyou calculated for the reporter: 16680 yuan for buying pigs, 200 yuan for freight; 300 yuan for the by-products, 16367 yuan for selling meat, which were offset by the two items, 213 yuan for Laoyou However, Lao you told reporters that the other side of the previous day bought more pigs, and returned 380 yuan Lao you actually got 167 yuan That is to say, the average pig earns 8.35 yuan The third stop -- butcher selling meat -- it is understood that the market on guangbutun and rouge road in Wuchang is mostly wholesale pork from this trading point, and part of it is meat taken from old players What is the selling price of the pork sold by the butcher in the market? At 7:30 a.m on the 28th, the reporter came to Changhong market, Yanzhi Road, Wuchang District The reporter asked eight meat stalls and got the price: 9-11 yuan per 500g of pure lean meat, 6 yuan for the front meat, 7 yuan for the back leg meat, 8 yuan for the eyebrow meat, 5.5 yuan for the streaky meat, 7.5-8 yuan for the ribs and 5.5 yuan for the tube bone At 8:40 in the morning, the reporter came to guangbutun market, and the price (every 500g) publicized on the price board of each stall was: 7.5 yuan for front meat, 8 yuan for back leg meat, 8.5 yuan for lean meat, 7 yuan for streaky pork From the above price point of view, there is no price lower than the purchase price of 4.9 yuan per 500g So, how much money does a butcher make when he sells a pig? According to an insider who has sold pork for many years, taking a 200 Jin live pig as an example, 145 Jin of meat will be produced after slaughter (72.5 Jin of meat will be produced for every 100 Jin live pig in the industry generally), excluding 15% (21.75 Jin) of breakeven sales, the remaining 123.25 Jin will be sold at an average price of 7 yuan, 862.75 yuan, excluding the purchase price of 710.5 yuan per Jin yesterday, and the butcher will get a gross profit of 152.25 yuan, It's equivalent to more than one gross profit per jin of meat It is understood that at present, the demand for pork in Wuhan is about 4000 a day, of which the sales volume in the market accounts for about 40%, and the rest are mostly sold in supermarkets.