# Chicken prices hit record levels after CO2 crisis | Analysis & Features | The Grocer

> UK wholesale deadweight chicken prices reached £152.25/100kg on 1 October, up 17.6% year on year and the highest in Mintec's records. Higher feed costs, a summer CO2 shortage that forced gas-to-electric stunning, and labour shortages linked to Brexit pushed costs up.

- Date: 2018-11-22 · published 2018-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62192-chicken-prices-hit-record-levels-after-co2-crisis-analysis-and-features-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Feed wheat peaked at £194.25/tonne in August, up 31% year on year, so higher grain costs are squeezing poultry margins and supporting chicken prices as a substitute protein.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thegrocer.co.uk: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and-features/chicken-prices-hit-record-levels-after-co2-crisis/574090.article

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