Why is beef so expensive?
1, low beef productivity.
From the perspective of beef production capacity in China, the overall beef production capacity is not high, and now the beef breeding technology in China is relatively immature, which leads to the high cost of beef breeding, especially the rapid increase in feed prices. In order to improve the efficiency of beef cattle breeding, many farmers have reduced the scale of beef cattle breeding, which is also one of the reasons for the increase in beef prices.
2. Changes in consumption structure
Judging from the consumption structure of China, many food prices are rising, especially the prices of vegetables and meat, which also shows that people's economic income has increased and their consumption level has changed greatly. However, beef is generally less than pork, and price increases can stabilize market consumption.
The basic factors affecting price changes can be summarized as follows:
1, supply and demand. Futures trading is the product of market economy, so its price changes are affected by the relationship between market supply and demand. When supply exceeds demand, futures prices fall; On the contrary, futures prices will rise.
2. Economic cycle. In the futures market, price changes are also affected by the economic cycle, and price fluctuations will occur at all stages of the economic cycle.
3. Government policies. Some policies and measures formulated by governments of various countries will have different degrees of influence on the futures market price.
4. Political factors. The futures market is very sensitive to the change of political climate, and the occurrence of various political events will often have different degrees of impact on prices.
5. Social factors. Social factors refer to the public's ideas, social psychological trends and the information influence of the media.
6. Seasonal factors. Many futures commodities, especially agricultural products, have obvious seasonality, and their prices fluctuate with the changes of seasons.