According to relevant surveys, in the first half of 2022, the per capita consumption expenditure of the people across the country was more than 10,000 yuan, an increase of 0.8% compared with the same period in 2021.
From the perspective of consumption distribution, the average expenditure of people across the country in terms of food, tobacco and alcohol is 3,685 yuan. In terms of per capita consumption expenditure, the proportion of this type of consumption reached 31.3%.
According to the data, expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol accounts for one-third of people's overall expenditure. In other words, even in the current epidemic situation, consumption has become the main direction of expenditure.
To the details, people's expenditure on food has also changed. In addition to the common daily pork, beef and mutton, poultry has also become part of the dining table.
However, judging from the market price of live poultry, although people have chosen it, there is no excessive fluctuation in terms of prices.
In life, the price of a live duck is generally 50 yuan, but people's consumption of live ducks mainly depends on the finished product, that is, roast duck.
However, in some roast duck restaurants, the price of roast duck is only 18 yuan. So why is roast duck cheaper than live duck after processing? Why is the market for roast duck different from beef and mutton? The gap in price of live duck and roast duck
is often determined by cost, but from the perspective of selling price, live duck is significantly higher than the market price of roast duck. That is to say, the cost price is higher than the commodity price.
Generally speaking, the farm will raise a large number of ducks at the same time, and due to quantity reasons, the supply price is not high. However, according to daily experience, if the cost is 50 yuan, the finished product price should be higher than 50 yuan.
But why is roast duck cheaper than live duck? Simply put, the roast duck that customers often buy is not a whole duck. And the price gap also comes from this.
In other words, roast duck often only has duck meat, while duck stands, or duck internal organs, are sold separately. From the actual situation, after the merchant purchases a live duck, he will process the live duck.
. During processing, the duck will be refined again, such as processing and selling duck intestines, duck stands and duck meat separately. On the surface, the price of roast duck is lower than that of live ducks, but from a market perspective, merchants just refine the ducks in the market.
. People generally prefer to buy roast duck in terms of consumption tendencies. This behavior also leads to people's low awareness of other products, thus ignoring other derivative products of ducks.
The main reason for the low price of roast duck is that after other products are sold separately, the cost of purchasing live duck has long been restored, and at this time the cost of roast duck only needs to be higher than the processing cost.
. From a market perspective, why has the price of duck meat always been at a certain level? The prices of pork, beef and mutton have been rising, but the duck meat has not? Is it because of the audience or is there something else?
The market gap between duck meat and pork, beef and mutton
In fact, strictly speaking, this is a comparison between the two markets, that is, the comparison between the live poultry market and the livestock market. The main reasons for the gap between
are two aspects: on the one hand, the customer, and on the other hand, the production cost. Let’s look at the customer aspect first.
According to the data given at the National Economic Operation Press Conference on July 15, 2022, the first half of the year. In the first half of 2022, the total output of pig, cattle, mutton and poultry was 45.19 million tons.
, and the output of pigs, cattle and sheep has increased to a certain extent, while the production of poultry has decreased by a certain proportion.
From the supply perspective, the proportion of pig, cattle and sheep in the overall market is also higher than that of the poultry market.
So in detail, when it comes to consumption preferences, pig, beef and mutton do not have too many restrictions on cooking, and the diversity of cooking methods also makes people prefer pig, cattle and sheep when choosing.
. For ducks or other poultry, people are generally more willing to buy ready-made products. Since the buyers in the market are mainly composed of merchants, the supply price has also remained stable.
From a cost perspective, the growth period of poultry is shorter than that of pigs, cattle and sheep. Due to the decrease in the incubation period, the related costs also decline, which has become the main reason for price stability.
Related to customer demand, there seems to be no more demand for poultry in the market, which has emerged, even if the prices of pork, beef and mutton soar, but duck meat has been stable.
Conclusion
From a practical point of view, the price of roast duck is actually not low. Simply put, after being given to the merchant, the live ducks are transformed into roast duck, duck intestines and other derivative products through different processing.
After refining, the total weight of roast duck will decrease. So from the perspective of unit price, due to the reduction in weight, even if the selling price is less than 20 yuan, the average price may be higher than the price of pig, cattle and sheep.
. Judging from the common roast duck in the market, the weight of a common roast duck of 18 yuan is generally about 1 jin. So compared with pigs, cattle and sheep in the current market, the price of roast duck at 18 yuan per pound may have long exceeded the price of pork, beef and mutton.
