Why is pork cheaper than beef? Why is pork so cheap?

In terms of production, cows can only give birth to one at a time, and probably two at most a year, but pigs are different, pigs give birth to one litter at a time, and there are four or five in a litter.

Therefore, the production of pigs is more, which can meet the needs of others, and the average person can eat it, so the ** of pork is relatively cheap, but the production of cattle is less, so the general beef is more expensive than pork! <>

Second, in terms of breeding time, pigs are generally bred for a short time, about four or five months, and pigs can be slaughtered, but cattle are different, cattle are bred for a long time, and it should take about two years to raise an adult cow.

Therefore, the pig is raised for a short time, its meat is relatively cheap, and the cattle are raised for a long time, its meat is relatively expensive, and the price is expensive.

The third reason is that the cow only eats grass, and then its meat has fewer impurities, the meat is more delicious, and it is cleaner, but the pig is different, the pig eats everything, so its meat is not so delicious and not so clean.

This results in pork being cheaper and beef being more expensive.

Cattle are also taken care of by people all the time and grazing on the prairie, so people spend more time and energy, but the pig only needs to be enclosed in the pigsty and then given it food!

And the last point is that there are more nutrients in beef, for example, iron is rich, but the iron content in pork is relatively small.

People are prone to iron deficiency after exercise, and if you eat a piece of beef at this time, you can quickly replenish the iron content lost in the body, especially for women, beef is a good tonic.

So that's why beef is more expensive and popular than pork!

That's a good question, how can pork be cheaper than beef? Why is beef so expensive? Does it mean that beef is much better than pork? Or is there more people buying beef and fewer people buying pork? <>

Pork is a kind of meat that we usually eat, if the pork is not delicious, I believe there will not be so many people like to eat pork, pork makes countless delicacies, such as braised pork, boiled meat slices, and what pig's head, pork knuckle, pig's trotters. Whether steamed or braised in a braised manner, in short, pork is everyone's favorite delicacy from head to toe.

Although beef is also delicious, it is still not as popular as pork, so why is pork cheap and beef expensive? So we have to think about whether it is because of the scarcity of things? I mean, more pork and less beef?

Let's start with the reproductive abilities of pigs and cattle! First of all, the breeding of pigs, sows can start to breed piglets at about eight months, each litter can breed more than a dozen piglets, the sow gestation period is about four months, a sow can give birth to two to three litters of piglets a year. In other words, a sow can give birth to about 20-30 piglets a year.

So let's talk about the reproductive ability of cattle, cows can only start breeding at about two years old, and the gestation period of cows is about 280 days, and cattle generally give birth to only one head per litter, so a cow can only give birth to one calf a year.

Through the above comparison, we can understand why pork is cheaper than beef, because the production of pork is too large, and the yield of beef is low.

We should all have heard the saying that scarcity is expensive. In this world, pigs are relatively easy to feed, and the number is relatively large, although people's demand for pork is relatively large, but it is far from reaching the level of supply less than demand. Generally, if the supply is greater than the demand in the market, then it will be much cheaper, but if the supply is less than the demand, then the supply of this thing will definitely continue to rise.

However, the demand for pork is far from reaching the level of supply, so it is relatively cheap. And beef is different, cattle are more difficult to feed than pigs, and it takes much longer than the time spent raising pigs, so there must be a big difference in **. It can be said that it costs a lot more to feed a cow than it does to feed a pig.

This is also a factor that makes pork cheaper than beef.

Another point is that the pigs we feed can only be consumed as food in the end, and there is no other use for it at first. Feeding a cow is different, in addition to killing the cow and eating it at the end, it has many functions. In our past, the ox was a good helper for us to grow crops, it could help us do a lot of things, which could not be replaced by other things, and the ox could help us do a lot of work in the process of growing, and it could also go to plough and other things.

In many things, it is indispensable and helps us a lot, can such a creature be compared to a pig!

I don't think it's comparable, so the ** in this regard must be much worse. And the nutrition of beef after eating it is also incomparable to pork. In the winter, eating some beef can also make your body a little warmer. Pork doesn't have such an effect.

You must know that in the past, cattle could not be killed at will, let alone eat beef, so although such a rule no longer exists, it still cannot be compared with pigs in terms of quantity. That's why pork will be cheaper.

I've never raised pigs, let alone cows, but I think from an economic point of view, I think there are several reasons why pork is cheaper than beef

1.The cost of raising pigs is lower than that of raising cattle.

Pig feed, cattle eat grass, everyone understands this common sense! When I was a child, I often heard my mother say that when my grandmother was in her generation, her family raised pigs, and at that time, my grandmother had to feed the pigs every day. My mother said that feeding pigs is just leftovers from some people's food or some things like corn and sweet potatoes that are not well grown, and they are the lowest things anyway!

But when it comes to raising cattle, I know that cattle live on the prairie since I was a child, and they eat grass every day, so grass can't be considered a low cost, right? You must know that if you raise a lot of cattle at the same time, it is estimated that there is not enough grassland for them to eat, and you need to cut the grass from other places and come back for them to eat.

In this way, it is obvious that the cost of what pigs eat is low, and that pigs do not eat as much as cows, and that cows eat more at a high cost.

2.The time for raising pigs is shorter than that for raising cattle.

The time to raise a pig and a cow is definitely not the same, you can just search for this, anyway, the pig must be shorter than the cow, and the pig is generally pregnant with multiple births, and the cow can only conceive one child, it is obvious that raising pigs is much faster than raising cattle.

3.Pig breeding locations are less strict, and cattle breeding locations are more strict.

We often see pigsties, and pigs can be raised even if they have a territory; If you raise cattle, you really can't breed them on a lot of land in your house, and what you need more to raise cattle is a large grassland or some fields. Therefore, in terms of the cost of choosing a breeding site, raising cattle is also higher than raising pigs.

There may be many other reasons: for example, there are more people raising pigs and fewer people raising cattle; The market is in short supply; **Macroeconomic policy regulation; **The impact of subsidy policies, etc., are the most important reasons that may cause the low cost of pig raising! If the selling price of a thing is analyzed from an economic point of view, it must be related to the cost.

Socrates, it seems to be him, even if it is him, Socrates said: environment makes man. This is especially true of food, where our favourite foods are usually the cheapest, most common and easiest to grow locally, and the difference between high and low grades is usually only reflected in the cooking method and the place where we eat it.

The nomads of the Middle East do not eat pork since ancient times, they like to eat camels, this is not a luxury, if it is the other way around, it is called luxury, but the ancient leaders of the Middle East were wise and declared a ban on pork and similar rare and expensive foods, so as not to spread the trend of extravagance. Because of climate and geography, animal husbandry in Europe and the United States is more developed than planting, and the cost of pork and beef is very low, so Europeans and Americans like to eat meat. Until now, Oriental agriculture is also based on planting, and the cost of raising pigs in the sideline industry is lower than the cost of raising cattle, so the Oriental vegetarian diet and pork, after this demand becomes a solid market tradition, it will further strengthen or limit the development of related industries, the cheap ones are cheaper, and the expensive ones are more expensive, which is why pork is cheaper than beef.

Pigs and cattle eat feed, and cattle have to eat 2 catties of urea fertilizer every day. We eat too much and end up dying of cancer.

This is because China has increased the import of pork, and some are caused by the sharp rise in pork in China in the first few days, so the number of pig farmers has gradually increased.

2021 has been a very difficult year for pig farmers and pork sellers. Because throughout 2021, pork has been in the past, and at the beginning of the year, pork even reached about 40 yuan, but in October, pork even dropped to 10 yuan a catty. Regarding the question you asked, I have done specific research before, and I will explain it from the following points.

1. What is the incident?

This is a piece of news about pork**, which is further in the country during the National Day. The National Day holiday did not drive the **** of pork, but caused a lot of pork to become the price of cabbage. I have seen a data, the ** of many pork is maintained at about 10 yuan, and the ** of pork in some areas has even dropped to about 8 yuan.

Second, the cheapness of pork is related to the pork itself.

Let me first talk about the cyclical nature of pork, pork will have a cyclical law of 1 3 years, and the current pork will be in the trough period of pork, which means that the market for pork is destined not to be too high. At the same time, because the previous pork was very expensive, this also led to many pig farmers blindly following the trend of raising pigs, which will cause pork to have a very large selling pressure, which will also lead to the continued sluggishness of pork.

Reasons: nutritional value, large initial investment, long growth cycle.

1. Nutritional value:

Beef is rich in protein, amino acids. Its composition is closer to the needs of the human body than pork, can improve the body's ability to resist disease, and is particularly suitable for growth and development, post-surgery, post-illness recuperation of people in replenishing blood loss and repairing tissues.

2. Large initial investment:

Raising cattle is not like raising pigs, and buying piglets is very cheap. There is also an investment in infrastructure such as barns, plus the purchase of forage and feed, plus labor costs, while raising pigs does not require such an initial capital at all.

3. Long growth cycle

Raising pigs can generally be slaughtered and sold in about half a year, and it takes about a year to raise cattle, the growth cycle of cattle is twice that of pigs, raising cattle means that there is no income within a year, and it is difficult for ordinary farmers to persist in selling cattle.

1.Mutton is green and safe (herbivore-based) has a large market demand (especially after the beginning of autumn, hot pot, mutton soup, etc.), but the amount of breeding is small (in addition to pastoral areas, there are very few large-scale farming in the vast agricultural areas), the mutton slaughter rate is low (40%-50%), the net meat rate is low (30%-40%), and the breeding cycle is long, so it will be higher.

1.Mutton is green and safe (herbivore-based) has a large market demand (especially after the beginning of autumn, hot pot, mutton soup, etc.), but the amount of breeding is small (in addition to pastoral areas, there are very few large-scale farming in the vast agricultural areas), the mutton slaughter rate is low (40%-50%), the net meat rate is low (30%-40%), and the breeding cycle is long, so it will be higher.

2.The mutton in the pastoral area is mostly exported to West Asia or consumed locally, and the whole domestic supply and demand relationship is unbalanced, and the production and supply cannot meet the market consumption, which is also the reason why the prospects for sheep raising are relatively good in recent years. Although pig production consumes a lot of feed and the cost of feeding is high, the breeding volume is large and the production cycle is short, so although there are ups and downs, there is little difference.

There are several reasons why beef is more expensive than lamb:

1.Mutton fat contains special volatile fatty acids, which makes mutton smell with a foul smell, and people who can't cook it or don't process it well can't get used to it! Compared with beef, it is relatively niche, and there are fewer people who need it!

2.Mutton is warm and sweet, eating mutton in winter can increase body heat to resist cold and warm the stomach, and it is easy to get hot and hot when eaten in summer. Beef can nourish qi, nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish deficiency and strengthen the body, strengthen muscles and bones, etc.

Except for the nomadic people who choose mutton without being affected by the season, most people choose mutton according to the season and the effect at the right time, and beef does not have this limitation, which expands the market demand for beef.

3.There are more beef food recipes, and the processed dishes with beef as the main material are more likely to be successful, while mutton is affected by the season and the characteristics of the meat itself with a strong taste, which narrows the choice of people and increases the difficulty of cooking, so there are more people who choose and like beef! Well**beef** is naturally more expensive than mutton**!

Cattle and sheep are herbivorous animals, the growth cycle is long, and in terms of feeding, the main and most natural stocking is more, which brings certain restrictions to breeding. On the contrary, pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese can be raised in captivity, and the growth cycle of feed is fast, so the cost is within a controllable range. Relatively ** is cheaper.

Beef and lamb are red meat, rich in nutrients, low in fat, and high in other minerals. Loved by people.