consumption season is approaching, mutton prices are rising steadily! But experts warn that there will be these changes in market prices in the future.

the cold wind, mutton fat, the most suitable for eating mutton in winter, a bowl of steaming mutton soup, warm hands and feet, the whole body is stretched. Recently, mutton markets across the country have been booming. I don't know if my careful friends have noticed that the price of mutton has increased recently.

then, what is the current situation of mutton market? how long will the rally last? let's look at the reporter's investigation.
　　consumption season is coming, mutton prices are rising steadily.
in the beef and mutton trading hall of Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, many stall owners told reporters that the price of mutton this year is indeed rising compared with last year, but sales have not been affected.
Mutton stall owner Mr. Ma: It is now thirty-five or six yuan per catty, two or three months ago it was thirty-three or four, and last year it was twenty-eight or nine yuan per catty.
According to data from the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in February this year, the price of mutton was 70.79 yuan per kilogram. In March -4 months, consumer demand fell after the holiday and prices fell slightly. Since May, the price of mutton market has continued to rise, rising to 77.21 yuan per kilogram in October, up 3.5% month on month and 21.6% year on year.
Consumption Substitution Market Mutton Supply and Marketing Prosperity
my country is a big country in mutton production. In recent years, mutton production has continued to grow steadily, ranking first in the world. Why did the price of mutton rise this year and what about the income of herdsmen?
The herder Bayinduren ushered in a bumper harvest on the grassland this year. The Ordos fine wool sheep he raised can not only eat meat, but also shear wool. For mutton alone, the average price of each sheep is 200 or 300 yuan more than last year. More than 200 adult sheep and lambs have been sold. This year's income is very considerable.
Bayinduren, a herdsman from Wushen Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia: This is the best time in the market in recent years. Lambs are sold by head, with an average of 1000 yuan to 1200 yuan per lamb. For example, this year, it weighs 50kg, which can be sold for 1600 yuan.
In Ordos, there are still many herdsmen who have reaped a bumper harvest like Bayinduren. In recent years, the local sheep stock has been about 12 million, and the output has been very stable.
Hu You, a herdsman from Wushen Banner, Ordos City, Mongolia: Last year's lambs were all disposed of this year. One lamb was 800 yuan and 80 lambs were sold for 60,004.
Zhou Yong, chairman of Xilin Gol League Yangyang Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., also said that the current mutton market is still stable, and the supply and sales are very good.
Data show that from January to September this year, my country's mutton output was 3.3 million tons, an increase of 2.3% year-on-year. At the same time, from January to September, 289,600 tons of imported mutton were accumulated, an increase of 16.8% year-on-year. Why is the market well supplied and the price of mutton still going up?
Regarding the recent fluctuations in mutton prices, Wang Jimin, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, analyzed that the main reason is that the price of live pigs has soared first. In this case, people are looking for substitutes, and mutton is one of them.
Sheep Raising High Income Herdsmen High Willingness to Supplement
The good price of mutton is sold, and the enthusiasm of herdsmen who have tasted the sweetness is increased, which also guarantees the supply of mutton in the future.
The herdsman helped Hu You calculate an account for the reporter. The year before last, the lamb was 500 or 600 yuan, but this year it rose to 801. He expected to sell 901 next year, so he bought another 20 ewes at the price of 1300 yuan each.
Hu You, a herdsman from Wushen Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia: I bought another 20 fences this year, bought 20 ewes from outside, and gave birth to at least 20 lambs.
Although herdsmen have a strong willingness to supplement the hurdles, the number of hurdles is limited because of the need to protect the grassland. At present, the local area is also promoting sheep raising technology to increase the number of lambs by ewes. Since 2017, each ewe of the Bayindu family can give birth to two lambs.
Yuan Jun, Chief of Animal Husbandry Section, Ordos City Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, Inner Mongolia: Through some techniques, our double lamb rate is especially high, with the double lamb rate exceeding 150 to 160 percent.
Yuan Jun told reporters that in Ordos, lambs are mainly sold to other places for fattening, which not only ensures the supply, but also protects the grassland ecology. In the past two years, the mutton production in Ordos has basically balanced at about 80,000 tons, and the price of mutton will not continue to rise in the future.
Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that sheep's slaughter or reserves are concentrated in winter. If there is no extreme weather and transportation is difficult, under normal circumstances, mutton may fall back to a certain extent at a specific stage.
Source of this article: CCTV Finance and Economics, Spring Gentry, Agriculture, Countryside and Farmers