Pork Price in Ireland
Latest price
168.06 EUR/100kg
Over the past 12 months it ranged from 166.73 EUR/100kg (Week of Aug 3, 2026) to 195.99 EUR/100kg (Week of Sep 15, 2025), -14.3% vs. a year earlier. +5.5% vs. European Union (official average). Lower than 15 of 23 other reporting EU markets (Week of Sep 14, 2026).
Ireland is the world's 15th-largest exporter (1.1% of global exports, FAOSTAT 2023).
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How this year compares, month by month, to the typical pattern of recent years for the selected region.
Notable price events
- African swine fever in China — African swine fever wiped out an estimated 40-55% of China's pig herd by late 2019 - roughly 250 million animals - tripling Chinese pork prices and collapsing the country's demand for the corn and soybean meal used to feed them, a rare case of a livestock disease moving grain markets more than weather did that year.
EU options are the European Commission's own weekly reference prices; "European Union" is the Commission's own published EU-wide average, not a figure computed by agri.markets. Currency, unit and inflation conversions are explained in how agri.markets sources and calculates prices.
Price data table
Recent prices
| Period | Price (EUR/100kg) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Week of Sep 14, 2026 | 168.06 | +0.1% |
| Week of Sep 7, 2026 | 167.81 | +0.2% |
| Week of Aug 31, 2026 | 167.48 | -0.1% |
| Week of Aug 24, 2026 | 167.63 | -0.0% |
| Week of Aug 17, 2026 | 167.69 | +0.5% |
| Week of Aug 10, 2026 | 166.87 | +0.1% |
| Week of Aug 3, 2026 | 166.73 | -0.1% |
| Week of Jul 27, 2026 | 166.98 | -0.1% |
| Week of Jul 20, 2026 | 167.11 | +0.2% |
| Week of Jul 13, 2026 | 166.81 | -2.6% |
| Week of Jul 6, 2026 | 171.21 | -2.5% |
| Week of Jun 29, 2026 | 175.68 | +0.0% |
Annual averages
| Year | Average (EUR/100kg) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 171.76 | -14.0% |
| 2025 | 199.72 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 210.4 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 213.47 | +19.7% |
| 2022 | 178.39 | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 154.94 | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 169.48 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 164.7 | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 139.19 | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 159.23 | +8.5% |