Information on the nominal prices of livestock and livestock products is contained in Tables 6.1 to Table 6.5. The data give some indication of the price spread between the wholesale price and the farm gate price. It appears that the price spread for beef is wide relative to that for poultry and pig meat. This may be a disincentive for small farmers to become involved in beef cattle production.
Table 6.1 Beef cattle prices, Bangkok
|
Year |
Farmgate price of live cattle |
Wholesale price of live cattle |
Wholesale price of beef |
Retail price of sirloin beef |
Retail price of tenderloin |
|
(Bt/kg) |
(Bt/kg) |
(Bt/kg) |
(Bt/kg) |
(Bt/kg) |
|
|
1978 |
10.12 |
13.24 |
19.96 |
29.54 |
|
|
1979 |
10.65 |
15.57 |
21.41 |
33.18 |
|
|
1980 |
14.69 |
17.86 |
23.73 |
48.81 |
|
|
1981 |
17.77 |
26.92 |
38.94 |
55.67 |
|
|
1982 |
17.76 |
27.5 |
39.49 |
56.72 |
|
|
1983 |
18.29 |
27.35 |
39.50 |
56.44 |
|
|
1984 |
18.25 |
27.29 |
39.17 |
56.7 |
|
|
1985 |
20.41 |
27.68 |
39.33 |
56.7 |
|
|
1986 |
21.19 |
28.1 |
38.95 |
56.3 |
|
|
1987 |
20.93 |
28.12 |
38.59 |
53.21 |
|
|
1988 |
24.23 |
32.24 |
40.79 |
57.47 |
|
|
1989 |
23.51 |
36.12 |
45.62 |
63.57 |
101.91 |
|
1990 |
25.07 |
34.74 |
44.69 |
66.15 |
108.44 |
|
1991 |
25.78 |
39.81 |
48 |
67.92 |
112.97 |
|
1992 |
25.97 |
45.53 |
52.38 |
70.12 |
114.29 |
|
1993 |
24.19 |
45.53 |
52.44 |
71.21 |
114.5 |
|
1994 |
24.26 |
42.5 |
52.5 |
71.35 |
115.44 |
|
1995 |
24.26 |
42.5 |
52.5 |
71.35 |
119.08 |
|
1996 |
23.99 |
|
|
72.42 |
119.89 |
|
1997 |
7 443/head |
- |
- |
92.36 |
133.97 |
|
1998 |
7 746/head |
- |
- |
99.19 |
138.98 |
|
1999 |
9 278/head |
- |
- |
107.55 |
148.07 |
Source: Office of Agricultural Economics. Data from 1967 to 1998 are from Livestock Situation 1998 and Trend of 1999. Data for 1999 are from Livestock Situation 1999 and Trend of 2000.
Table 6.2 Poultry inventory and farm price
|
Year
|
Number on farms January 1 |
Farm Price |
|||||
|
Chicken |
Duck |
Geese |
Live Chicken |
Live Duck |
Chicken eggs |
Duck eggs |
|
|
(000) |
(000) |
(000) |
(Bt/kg) |
(Bt/kg). |
(Bt/1000) |
(Bt/1000) |
|
|
1988 |
93 134 |
15 934 |
642 |
19.49 |
24.21 |
1,250.00 |
1,490 |
|
1989 |
102 343 |
16 683 |
427 |
20.66 |
35.16 |
1,280 |
1,550 |
|
1990 |
117 647 |
17 902 |
519 |
23.12 |
37.74 |
1,380 |
1,620 |
|
1991 |
126 609 |
19 124 |
536 |
22.44 |
32.04 |
1,370 |
1,630 |
|
1992 |
137 386 |
19 345 |
440 |
22.02 |
31.23 |
1,300 |
1,540 |
|
1993 |
139 085 |
21 778 |
548 |
22.85 |
32.54 |
1,400 |
1,620 |
|
1994 |
147 092 |
21 812 |
460 |
25.19 |
37.16 |
1,420 |
1,660 |
|
1995 |
148 784 |
18 897 |
413 |
27.96 |
33.92 |
1,470 |
1,710 |
|
1996 |
160 789 |
21 400 |
- |
26.79 |
41.47 |
1,610 |
1,870 |
|
1997 |
172 284 |
21 830 |
- |
27.66 |
39.71 |
1,550 |
1,830 |
Table 6.3 Price of pigs at the farm and at the Bangkok wholesale market
|
Year |
Farm price |
Wholesale market price |
|
(Baht/kg) |
(Baht/kg) |
|
|
1986 |
19.15 |
21.00 |
|
1987 |
22.11 |
23.80 |
|
1988 |
25.96 |
27.35 |
|
1989 |
28.17 |
29.43 |
|
1990 |
24.92 |
26.37 |
|
1991 |
30.00 |
30.31 |
|
1992 |
31.31 |
32.85 |
|
1993 |
23.75 |
25.53 |
|
1994 |
26.76 |
28.49 |
|
1995 |
36.07 |
37.08 |
|
1996 |
39.60 |
|
|
1997 |
38.70 |
|
|
1998 |
37.49 |
|
|
1999 |
42.40 |
|
|
2000 |
33.89 |
|
|
2001 |
31.48 |
|
Source: 1986-95 data came from Agricultural Economics Division, Department of Economics and Trade. Data for 1996-2001 were obtained from www.oae.go.th
Table 6.4 Price of broilers at the farm and the wholesale Bangkok market
|
Year |
Farm price |
Wholesale price |
|
(Baht/kg) |
(Baht/kg) |
|
|
1986 |
18.47 |
19.16 |
|
1987 |
18.61 |
19.88 |
|
1988 |
18.46 |
19.75 |
|
1989 |
20.39 |
21.53 |
|
1990 |
22.20 |
23.10 |
|
1991 |
22.65 |
24.09 |
|
1992 |
19.09 |
20.48 |
|
1993 |
21.19 |
22.67 |
|
1994 |
23.49 |
25.19 |
|
1995 |
25.48 |
26.84 |
|
1996 |
26.79 |
na |
|
1997 |
27.66 |
na |
|
1998 |
32.06 |
na |
|
1999 |
28.67 |
na |
|
2000 |
26.27 |
na |
|
2001 |
27.57 |
na |
Source: Agricultural Economics Division, Department of Economics and Trade for data up to 1995. Data for 1996 to 2001 were obtained from www.oae.go.th
Table 6.5 Price of day old broiler chick and price of day old layer chick
|
Year |
Broiler |
Layer |
|
(Bt) |
(Bt) |
|
|
1991 |
8.31 |
10.62 |
|
1992 |
3.60 |
12.12 |
|
1993 |
6.29 |
10.03 |
|
1994 |
7.79 |
14.41 |
|
1995 |
10.08 |
15.42 |
|
1996 |
6.58 |
13.42 |
|
1997 |
9.17 |
8.38 |
|
1998 |
9.25 |
12.19 |
|
1999 |
8.65 |
17.92 |
Source: Data for 1996 to 1998 are from Livestock Situation 1998 and Trend of 1999. Data for 1999 are from Livestock Situation 1999 and Trend of 2000
Table 6.6 Price of chicken egg at the farm and the Bangkok wholesale market
|
Year |
Farm price |
Wholesale price |
|
(Bt/egg) |
(Bt/egg) |
|
|
1986 |
1.01 |
1.00 |
|
1987 |
1.02 |
0.99 |
|
1988 |
1.21 |
1.35 |
|
1989 |
1.25 |
1.39 |
|
1990 |
1.40 |
1.50 |
|
1991 |
1.35 |
1.45 |
|
1992 |
1.26 |
1.36 |
|
1993 |
1.36 |
1.40 |
|
1994 |
1.37 |
1.42 |
|
1995 |
1.43 |
1.48 |
|
1996 |
1.61 |
na |
|
1997 |
1.55 |
na |
|
1998 |
1.83 |
na |
|
1999 |
1.79 |
na |
|
2000 |
1.42 |
na |
|
2001 |
1.43 |
na |
Source: Department of Economics and Trade for years up to 1995. Data from 1996 to 2001 are from www.oae.go.th
Table 6.7 Price of mixed rations for different livestock
|
Year |
Pigs |
Laying hens |
Laying ducks |
|
(Baht/kg) |
(Baht/kg) |
(Baht/kg) |
|
|
1991 |
5.20 |
5.16 |
4.92 |
|
1992 |
5.48 |
5.46 |
4.44 |
|
1993 |
5.29 |
5.14 |
4.55 |
|
1994 |
5.52 |
5.38 |
4.92 |
|
1995 |
6.62 |
5.88 |
5.88 |
Source: Department of Economics and Trade
