Delicious lamb is a good choice for many diners and has won the love of many people. Eating hot pot, kebabs, lamb is naturally the choice of many people. However, the price of lamb in the market is still relatively high, which makes many friends have to choose other delicacies. Is lamb really that expensive? In fact, there is such a message that makes people surprised, that is, live sheep are not as expensive as mutton, what is the truth under this strange status quo? Who is the biggest beneficiary of this chain of interests? After reading the following article, everyone will be clear.
1. The price of live sheep and mutton
There is such a new thing in the market, which is new to say, but it is also something that people in the industry are more familiar with. That is, the sales price of live sheep is 13 yuan per kilogram, but the price of lamb per kilogram is about 36 yuan. At first glance, the price of this live sheep is far less than the price of mutton, and the difference between the two is even twice that.
Many local farmers are depressed that the price of live sheep cannot go up, and for dealers, there seems to be no concern. Many people are strange about such strange things, according to common sense, live sheep can not be sold at a price, so where can mutton be sold so high? Let's compare the price of live pigs and pork, the recent price of live pigs on the market is 6 yuan per kilogram, so the price of pork is 10 yuan, which is in line with common sense. After all, there are also some costs from hog to pork, such as slaughter. But why are sheep special?
2. Factors affecting the price
There are many reasons for such a high price difference between live sheep and mutton, and there are two main reasons for this situation.
(1) The sheep trader's tricks
As we all know, the aquaculture industry has not been good in recent times, the price of hay is rising, and it is difficult to find a market, which prompts farmers to have to find a way to deal with it in a hurry. Imagine that such a high breeding cost, coupled with the lack of bright sales, will inevitably make farmers pessimistic. So it is definitely the farmers who are in a hurry to make a move.
The number of sheep traders is currently greatly reduced, which has left farmers with no choice for sheep traders. Black-hearted sheep dealers maliciously depressed prices, which led to a decline in the price of live sheep.
(2) Poor local market supply and demand
Because of some bad reasons, it is difficult for logistics to circulate normally, which leads to contradictions in the local market in terms of supply and demand. Maybe you don't understand, but for example, you will understand. A farmer currently has 100 sheep in the pen period, but the sheep have no one to collect, another place urgently needs sheep to supply the market, but because of the road closure and many other reasons, it is impossible to transport sheep, so the chain reaction is born.
The live sheep of the farmer can not find a buyer, the middleman can not supply in time, the seller has high sales but no goods, so of course, the live sheep is cheap, and the lamb is very expensive, because there is no stock. How can this dilemma be broken? In fact, at present, only time is needed to solve it, and waiting is the only way. When there is no obstacle to the supply line, the price of lamb will naturally come down.
3. Who is the biggest beneficiary
Speaking of which, some people have to ask, so in such a state, is there a beneficiary? Who is the biggest beneficiary? We can analyze them one by one:
First of all, in terms of farmers, because the market supply and demand link is not smooth, there are few middlemen who buy live sheep, and farmers have no choice but to let the middlemen lower prices. Therefore, farmers can't make much money all year round, and what they earn is only "fractional".
Take the small-tailed cold sheep as an example, the price of a 3-month-old lamb in the past reached about 850 yuan, and now it has dropped to 500 yuan without being asked. The same is true of adult sheep, with profits shrinking by more than 300 yuan. So even making money is a fraction.
Secondly, the middlemen also earn "small heads". We all know very well that the middleman is actually a sheep dealer, and his role is to buy from the farmer and then sell it to the seller, and the difference between the period is profit. The main job of the sheep trader is to slaughter the sheep and supply the sellers.
For example, when sheep dealers get live sheep, the profit they get is 200 to 300 yuan. After the slaughter cost is thrown away, there is not much revenue left.
Finally, there is the seller's side, which is the party that makes the "big head", the biggest winner.
We can give an example that adult sheep weigh 150 pounds each, and after slaughter, it is about 75 pounds of white sheep strips, that is, lamb without skin, head, internal organs, and limbs. Because of the difference in regions, the price range of mutton is 36 to 50 yuan, in terms of the average price of 40 yuan, the seller sells 75 kg of mutton, then you can get 40 × 75 = 3000 yuan. In addition to a series of expenses such as acquisition, slaughtering, and renting, the seller earned 700 yuan. It can be seen that the sellers do make a lot of money.
As far as this trend is concerned, live sheep is indeed much cheaper than mutton, because the above reasons have led to a contradiction between supply and demand in the market, and sellers have become the biggest beneficiaries.
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