End-market demand provides limited support, and domestic live hog prices fluctuated downward this week.

This week, domestic live hog prices showed a volatile downward trend, with the weekly average price falling compared with the previous week. According to data from China Pig Breeding Network, on October 23, the live hog price was 9.66 yuan/kg, down 2.2% compared with 9.88 yuan/kg last Friday. In terms of the weekly average price, the average live hog price this week was 9.83 yuan/kg, down 1.8% compared with last week's average of 10.01 yuan/kg.