Prices, Price Indices

For pigs of carcass quality S - P at €1.38/kg a little price decrease of -0.7% over the previous year was recorded, also piglets achieved a negative result with €1.96/kg (-7.5%).But prices for slaughtered cattle rose; for young bulls of quality E - P €3.16/kg (+1.3%) was paid, and €2.08/kg +3.0%) for cows E – P.

Producer prices for poultry developed differently; while the price for boiler chickens for fattening (live weight) stagnated by €91.60/100 kg at 0.0%), registered turkey (live weight) faced a minus of 2.9% on €114.78/100 kg. Dairy farmers received €31.80 for 100 kg of cow’s milk (+9.1% in relation to the previous year).

A positive trend was seen in cereals: €184.06/t +103.2%) was paid for soft wheat, €186.49/t +130.5%) for milling rye and €146.97/t (+108.5%) for quality oats.

Also with sugar beets a price increase was observed: +2.6% to €27.02/t in this year.

Reasonable prices could be reached for a number of products in the vegetable sector. The price of chinese cabbage increased by +14.0% to €25.47/100 kg, that of green beans by +33.4% to €117.48/100 kg. In 2010 the price for onions (increased sharply by +165.2% to €31.15/100 kg. Some products such as red beets €26.17/100 kg (-3.8%) and radicchio €80.64/100 kg (-17.7%) could not follow this trend.

In Austrian fruit production the apple takes the greatest importance. The producer prices (annual average) for apples (class I) amounted to €33.57/100 kg which corresponds to a minus of 6.7% in relation to the previous year. Considering strawberries and sour cherries the rather high price level of the year 2009 could not be held: Thus, €230.55/100 kg for strawberries (-12.5%) and €200.69/100 kg (-23.7%) for sour cherries. With €94.10/100 kg (+36.8%) plums and with €73.60/100 kg (+16.3%) dessert pears (class I) could obtain a rather good price.

Producer prices for saw timber (spruce/pine, class B, media 2b) increased (+16.0%) to €83.69 per cubic metre. And for firewood prices (hardwood) an increase of 2.5% to €55.60 per cubic metre was achieved.