Why are beef cattle prices worse than pigs this year?

The biggest reason is that pork is actually relatively small now, so it is said that scarcity is expensive.

It may be because of swine fever, so pork is very expensive.

It may be because of African swine fever, so pork is more expensive.

Because this year due to the plague in Africa caused by the pork **continuous**.

China has always been a big demand for beef. Judging from last year's domestic beef production, the growth rate was less than 1%. All this shows that China is still very short of beef.

According to the subtle understanding of the market, most of March has passed, and everyone is lamenting that farmers have endured more during the recent epidemic in many places. At present, due to the large amount of international grain and the speculation of domestic businessmen, grain is constantly being eaten.

After the raw material, the feed company had to increase the feed. Feed has been three or four rounds by the end of the first quarter. At the same time, pigs, chickens, cattle and sheep continue to grow, resulting in serious losses for farmers.

Pig prices have fallen again, and that's the latest news. Since March, the news of pig prices** can be heard every day. From 2022 onwards, the livestock sector seems to be sluggish, and pig prices are facing a "crash."

At present, the price of pigs has dropped to 6 yuan a catty. As for the pig price in 2022, the industry is generally bearish. Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs speculated on pig prices in 2022, repeatedly emphasizing that pig prices will decrease with the consumption of pork.

Judging from the situation of supply exceeding demand, the sharp ** pig price does not seem to affect the ** of the cattle, and sometimes the decline is not very large, as if it is only an insignificant five cents.

But in the long run, the continuation of pig prices does not mean that they will continue. When the price of pigs is low enough, and even falls below 5 to 6 yuan a catty, are you willing to spend 5 yuan to buy a catty of pork, or are you willing to spend ten times as much to eat 50 or 60 yuan a catty of beef? For the ** of cattle to drop significantly, either the supply will increase or the demand will decrease.

From the point of view, the market is saturated, and there should be no major changes.

But it is very likely that because of the large increase in pork, the demand will be greatly reduced. Affected by the small number of beef cattle breeding in China and the overall shortage of beef, the number of cattle in China has been relatively stable. If the price of pigs rises, the price of pigs will not fall.

Cattle breeding is also considered the "safest" breeding industry by farmers, but even such a stable industry is not stable at this stage. At present, the ** of cattle in East China is yuan, South China is yuan, Central China is yuan, and North China is yuan. Niu Yuan in the Northwest District, Yuan in the Southwest District.

I don't think the impact is big, and it won't be because of this, the beef should not change too much, the area of the big drop is generally risky, and the cause of the epidemic will also make the beef change, but the fluctuation of one or two pieces is normal, so don't worry too much

I don't think so, the nutritional value of beef is relatively high, and its ** has always been relatively stable, and it will not appear very large with the change of the situation**.

I think that the ** of beef is relatively stable for the time being, but it may be affected by pork ** in the future.

In August this year, pork ** was yuan per catty, but today, beef ** has risen to yuan per catty, which can be said to be not a small increase. The reason why this year's beef has risen so much is also because of the relatively large consumer demand, because the pork ** continues to rise sharply, many people will look at beef, which will also drive the improvement of beef**.

But today, the topic of "more than 20 yuan a pound of beef" is on the hot search, which is very puzzling, the current wholesale price is more than 40 yuan, and more than 20 yuan of beef comes from?

The author searched for the information, and found that these beef are not domestic beef, at present, corn, soybean meal has risen sharply, the cost of breeding has increased, and the purchase price alone is about 16 yuan, it is impossible to sell this, these beef are actually imported from abroad. A dealer in Shanghai said that at present, the imported beef brisket is only more than 20 yuan a catty, which is more affordable and has been popular in the market, after all, it is more affordable than the current pork.

Imported beef is not all cheap, mainly divided into two kinds, one is Brazil, Argentina grass-fed cattle, which belongs to the relatively low-end beef, **cheap; There is also a kind of Australian Wagyu meat, which is relatively high and of high quality, so it is expensive.

This year's low-end beef imports** are relatively low, down about 30% compared with 2019, and are not liked in the international market. On the contrary, those high-end beef, **but**30-50%. As for why, due to the reduction in the scale of Australian Wagyu cattle breeding, many beef factories have closed down, ** decreased.

However, netizens have doubts about this, and the proportion of imported beef in my old and radical countries is not more than that, so much** demand? There should be other cats, as for what, the author saw the comments of netizens summarizing the following 2 points of fraud:

1. Inject buffalo meat.

Friend Xiao Hao said that he personally saw the slaughterhouse slaughter the cattle, and injected 3 large buckets of water from the abdominal cavity, and the weight of the lead sedan beef instantly increased a lot, so the cheap slaughterhouse selling beef also made money. There is also a person who said that he bought 1 pound of fresh beef and marinated it at home, and he could marinate 6 taels of beef under normal circumstances, but he only marinated 4 taels, mainly because of the water injection and the traces of waiting, and there was more blood and water.

2. Fake beef.

At present, the technology of counterfeiting on the market is becoming more and more advanced, and there are many kinds of meat that can be faked, such as duck, chicken, and pork can be used as raw materials.

Farmers who breed cattle slowly know that herds are slow to reproduce. On the basis of good breeding, for example, the cow is very genetically excellent, and the breeding adopts excellent artificial insemination and breeding, the fertility of the cow is as long as 6 8 years, and after this year, the cow will be eliminated if it basically loses its fertility. Moreover, most herds can only give birth to one calf per fetus, and the probability of giving birth to two calves is less.

Another herd of cattle has a gestation duration of 280 days, so it is very difficult to raise and raise a herd in a short period of time. If you don't have a certain amount of cattle, won't you be able to breed more calves? The profit of raising a cow is more than 4,000, which is more than 2 times that of a pig, why are there fewer farmers raising cattle?

If the cattle reproduce slowly, it will naturally lead to a long calf feeding cycle. Any aquaculture industry, if the feeding cycle is too long, it is very unfavorable to farmers. In our village, more than 20 cows can produce more than 10 calves a year, and the calves are raised for more than 3 to 5 months, and the average sales price is about 10,000 won.

This kind of pig farm has to be raised by two people all year round, excluding forage and some expenses, and the profit is 80,000 to 100,000 yuan. If two people go to work outside, the annual salary will not be lower than that of raising cattle, right? The cost of raising cattle is high, and don't think that the cost of raising cattle in rural areas is low.

In the past, our farmers chose to graze cattle, but in recent years, the mountain has been closed to prohibit animal husbandry, and the cattle industry is basically raised, which undoubtedly increases the cost to cattle farmers, so the pasture has become fragrant.

Take our hometown as an example, now each catty of green corn stalks is between yuan, if you feed in winter, think about it is a lot of money. Moreover, maintaining the gathering and sweeping of manure, a feedlot of 20 or 30 head of cattle, without two or three people, does not work properly. Mayor of Beef There is not much market demand Everyone knows that the pork market is much larger than the beef market.

Most people in our country mainly eat pork, consuming about 80 catties of pork, but according to the calculation of 1.4 billion people, this is a large mayor market demand. In 2019, the per capita beef consumption was less than 12 catties, which is not larger than the beef market, and it is easy to lead to beef ****. Therefore, many farmer friends prefer to raise pigs rather than cattle.

Raising cattle is more profitable than raising pigs, why are there fewer people raising cattle in rural areas? Just get these three questions right.

The capital investment and breeding cycle are different, and it takes at least 10,000 yuan to buy an adult cow, and it makes little sense to buy a few cows for breeding. A professional cow needs to have at least 30 heads to be cost-effective. This is the cost of hundreds of thousands of cows plus other expenses, at least around 500,000 won.

Cows usually give birth to one child a year. A cowboy's ** is around 5,000 won. The cost of raising pigs is much smaller.

About 2,000 yuan for a sow. 10 sows are only 20,000 yuan, and the feeding costs can add up to 10 yuan to see the profit. Sows are 2-year-old litters of 5 with at least 10 piglets in each litter.

From this point of view, the ** of each piglet is 1600 2000 yuan, and each litter is 1 20,000 yuan. In contrast, friends who raise pigs earn a lot every year.

Because the economic and upfront investment required to raise a cow is very large, few people raise cattle.

There are not many people who raise cattle, in fact, the main reason is that cattle are very laborious to raise, and it takes about two or three or three or five years to earn money, so the time to return to the capital is too long, so many people don't want to plant at all.

This is because cattle are much more difficult to raise than pigs, and now cattle need to be delivered manually if they give birth to calves. So the cost of raising cattle will be higher, which is why many people do not choose to raise cattle.

According to the principle of supply and demand in economics:

1. There were few beef farmers before, which caused a shortage of beef supply, resulting in beef ****;

2. Beef **** has led to a large number of farmers starting to raise cattle and gradually increasing the supply of beef;

3. Due to the increase in supply, beef ** began to decline, and because the cattle breeding cycle is now shorter, increasing the supply in a short period of time will greatly affect the beef**, so it leads to the rapid ** beef**!

The country imports beef during the New Year's holidays to balance the market, and the second is that the milk is unsalable, and a large number of farmers sell dairy cows as beef cattle, resulting in a crowded market and oversupply. Beef cattle will still rise after the year. Domestic beef cattle are declining year by year, and the country will not rely on imports.

Beef cattle **** is only temporary, and it will slowly pick up.

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 and post-surgery, post-illness recuperation in supplementing blood loss and repairing tissues.

2. Large initial investment.

Raising cattle is not like raising pigs, buying piglets is very cheap, a calf's ** is generally about 5,000 yuan, farmers can not raise a few, raising ten cows to buy a calf alone will cost about 50,000 yuan.

It is also necessary to invest in the construction of cattle sheds and other infrastructure, which also requires at least 100,000 yuan, plus the purchase of forage and feed, plus labor costs, and the total of 500,000 yuan is at least needed, which is still the funds needed for more than a dozen cattle. This amount of money is not something that ordinary farmers can come up with. Pig farming, on the other hand, does not require so much 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.

Beef Diagram Pork Diagram.

1. Different living habits.

Second, the breeding time is too long.

The breeding time of cattle and pigs is completely different, ordinary pigs can be slaughtered about 2-3 times a year, and the meat yield is very high, there is a certain profit margin, but the time cycle of raising cattle is generally about a year, relatively speaking, the time spent raising a cow is equivalent to the time of raising three pigs.

In this way, even if beef is more expensive than pork, the profit brought by beef is not necessarily higher than pork.

Third, the cost of input is large.

The cost of raising pigs is still relatively small, and you only need to surround a pigsty, which basically does not require much space for activities. However, cattle breeding is different, the habits of cattle cannot be kept in captivity, and they must be stocked in a large area, so that the land occupied and invested equipment will be more.

The initial input cost is relatively large, plus the cost of feed, if there is no strong capital, it is difficult to make a large-scale cattle farm, so for small farmers, pig breeding is their first choice.

1. The effect of pork: replenish qi and blood.

All parts of the pig have obvious nutritional effects, such as pork chops can replenish qi and blood, relieve the symptoms of body weakness, and maintain the spleen and stomach.

Pig blood is rich in iron, and it is made in a variety of ways, adjusting it according to your taste.

Pork contains proteins, minerals and amino acids, which provide a large amount of nutrients for the human body. Promote a balanced diet, but also nourish yin and reduce dryness, strengthen muscles and bones, alleviate a variety of diseases, and improve iron deficiency anemia. Pork has a sweet taste, which can provide heme and cysteine for the human body, enhance the absorption of iron, increase the synthesis of hemoglobin, and improve the symptoms of iron deficiency anemia.

Second, the effect of beef: it is conducive to blood nourishment.

The amino acid composition of beef is close to people's needs, especially suitable for the needs of growth and development. When growing the body, proper supplementation of beef is conducive to blood replenishment, tissue repair and so on. Beef has high protein content, delicious taste, and has the effect of warming the stomach, especially suitable for supplementation in winter, to achieve the functions of replenishing and nourishing qi, dissolving phlegm and relieving wind, dispelling dampness and keeping warm, and enhancing the vitality of muscles.

Beef is rich in sarcosine, which can enhance the vitality of muscles and improve the strength of the body. During training, sarcosine can play a role in strengthening muscles, replenishing adenosine triphosphate for more sustained energy. Beef contains carnitine, which can promote metabolism and enhance the body's endocrine regulation, and the carnitine content is much higher than that of other meats, which is very suitable for people with metabolic disorders.