Firm input costs will keep feed prices unchanged next few days

Nitish Sharma Updated - July 13, 2013 at 10:06 PM.

Steady cost of production will keep poultry feed products unchanged in the coming days, said market experts. With the cost of production being steady, prices of poultry feed products remained unchanged this week.

Aditya Mishra, a commodity expert, told Business Line, that steady demand and input cost kept feed products unchanged and prices may continue to rule around current levels for the next few days.

Key ingredients of poultry feed have been ruling in a tight range, he said.

In the physical market, Soya-meal moved further up by Rs 470 and sold at Rs 35,700 a tonne.

Bajra dropped by Rs 20 to Rs 1,340 a quintal, DCP was at 35 a kg, MBM remained unchanged and sold at 35,500 while Maize improved by Rs 10 to Rs 1,500-1,550 a quintal.

Mustard De-oiled Cake dropped by Rs 300 and sold at Rs 15,100 a tonne, DRB witnessed some correction and dropped by Rs 100 to Rs 11,200 a tonne while Rice bran oil ruled at 53 a kg.

Feed products

Broiler concentrate feed quoted at Rs 2,050 for a 50-kg bag while Broiler Starter Mash was at Rs 1,550.

Pre-lay mash sold at Rs 1,040 for a 50-kg bag, while layer grower mash quoted at Rs 980 for a 50-kg bag.

“Layer concentrate 25 per cent” sold at Rs 1,490 for a 50-kg bag while layer concentrate 35 per cent went for Rs 1,175 for a 50-kg bag.

Poultry Products

Meanwhile, broiler and chick dropped on reduced off-take, on Saturday.

Egg ruled flat and sold at Rs 2.88. Broiler dropped by Rs 8 and quoted at Rs 64-66 a kg, while Chick went for Rs 10, Rs 3 down from previous levels.

Published on July 13, 2013 16:36