March 2nd: The "Wholesale Price Index of Agricultural Products 200" decreased by 0.83 points compared to last Saturday.

According to monitoring by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on March 2nd, the "Wholesale Price Index of Agricultural Products 200" was 125.42, a decrease of 0.83 points from the previous Saturday. The "Basket of Vegetables" wholesale price index was 127.61, a decrease of 0.99 points from the previous Saturday. As of 14:00 today, the national average wholesale price of pork in agricultural product markets was 17.20 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.9% from the previous Saturday; beef was 66.07 yuan/kg, unchanged from the previous Saturday; lamb was 65.37 yuan/kg, unchanged from the previous Saturday; eggs were 7.59 yuan/kg, an increase of 1.6% from the previous Saturday; white-feathered chicken was 17.55 yuan/kg, an increase of 2.4% from the previous Saturday. The average price of 28 key monitored vegetables was 5.15 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.9% from the previous Saturday; the average price of 6 key monitored fruits was 7.83 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.9% from the previous Saturday. Crucian carp was 19.65 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.5% from the previous Saturday; grass carp was 14.58 yuan/kg, a decrease of 1.8% from the previous Saturday; white carp was 10.62 yuan/kg, an increase of 3.4% from the previous Saturday; bighead carp was 41.73 yuan/kg, an increase of 1.0% from the previous Saturday. Today, among the 46 varieties of fresh agricultural products monitored in the domestic wholesale market, the top five with the highest price increases compared to the previous Saturday were white carp, white-feathered chicken, eggs, bighead carp, and Chinese cabbage, with increases of 3.4%, 2.4%, 1.6%, 1.0%, and 0.8% respectively; the top five with the highest price decreases were scallions, pineapples, tomatoes, spinach, and leeks, with decreases of 5.5%, 5.0%, 4.6%, 4.6%, and 4.5% respectively.