Prices, Price Indices

A price increase of 10.1% over the previous year was recorded for pigs of carcass quality S - P at €1.52/kg, and piglets also achieved a positive balance at €1.99/kg (+1.6%). Also prices for slaughtered cattle rose; for young bulls of quality E - P €3.53/kg (+11.7%) was paid, and €2.47/kg +18.7%) for cows E - P.

Producer prices for poultry can also be described as very satisfactory in comparison with the previous year, with the year´s prices for boiler chickens for fattening, live weight at €93.35/100 kg (+1.9%), and for turkeys, live at €130.95/100 kg (+14.1%).

Dairy farmers received €35.45 for 100 kg of cow’s milk (+11.5% in relation to the previous year).

A negative trend was seen in cereals €137.47/tonne (-25.3%) was paid for soft wheat, €156.42/tonne (-16.1%) for milling rye and €113.82/tonne (-22.6%) for quality oats. A significant price decrease was also seen in grain maize, with €149.08/tonne (-16.7%).

A good price of €37.77/t has been reached for the sugar beets in this year.

Bad price trends were seen in the vegetable sector. The price of carrots dropped 5.6% to €31.48/100kg, and the 2010 price level for tomatoes class I (in the previous year +37.2% over 2009) could not be maintained, however: a price of €32.33/100kg (-31.2%) was recorded.

In Austrian fruit production the apple takes the greatest importance. The producer prices (annual average) for apples (class I) amounted to €45.74/100kg which corresponds to a plus of 36.2% in relation to the previous year. Very good prices were also paid for strawberries, at €276.96/100kg (+20.1%).

Producer prices for saw timber (spruce/pine, class B, media 2b) increased (+11.9%) to €93.65 per cubic metre. And for firewood prices (hardwood) an increase of 6.6% to €59.25 per cubic metre was achieved