Russian exchange-traded poultry volume surpasses full-year 2025 total
Russian commodity auctions sold more broiler and turkey meat in the first half of 2026 than during all of 2025. Broiler sales exceeded 18,400 tonnes, while more than 250 companies now participate in the auctions.
First-half poultry sales exceed the 2025 total
The volume of poultry meat sold through organized commodity auctions in Russia during the first half of 2026 exceeded the amount traded during all of 2025, according to figures provided by the National Mercantile Exchange to Interfax. The expansion was recorded in both broiler and turkey meat, indicating faster adoption of exchange-based sales within the domestic poultry market.
More than 18,400 tonnes of broiler meat were sold in the first six months of 2026, compared with more than 14,200 tonnes during the whole of 2025. Turkey meat sales reached 360 tonnes, already above the 261 tonnes traded during the previous full year. The available figures do not provide transaction values or average auction prices.
Large producers anchor daily auctions
Cherkizovo Group, identified by Interfax as Russia’s leading poultry producer, and Prioskolye sell products on the exchange every day. Their participation gives buyers regular access to volumes from established suppliers and provides the auction system with recurring offers rather than occasional transactions.
The number of auction participants currently exceeds 250 companies. This creates a broader pool of potential counterparties for producers and procurement businesses, although the National Mercantile Exchange did not disclose the composition of participants, the distribution of purchases among buyers or the share of Russia’s total poultry market represented by exchange trades.
Exchange targets clearer price formation
The National Mercantile Exchange said organized trading can simplify supply chains, reduce market risks and create additional opportunities for participants. It also said its objective is to make agricultural trading mechanisms open and convenient and to ensure that exchange prices are formed in a fair and understandable way. These statements reflect the exchange’s assessment of its platform rather than independently measured effects on procurement costs or market volatility.
For poultry processors, wholesalers and large buyers, the rising auction volume provides an additional price reference based on completed organized trades. However, the source data do not show how exchange prices compare with direct contracts, regional wholesale quotations or production costs. The increase therefore demonstrates growth in the trading channel, but does not by itself establish its effect on poultry prices across Russia.
Resource may place up to 10% of sales on exchange
Another leading Russian poultry producer, GAP Resource, may also become an auction seller. Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service issued the company an order providing for the placement of up to 10% of its sold production on the exchange over four years. If implemented, the measure would add supply from another major producer and could widen the volume available for transparent bidding.
The first-half results show that exchange trading is moving beyond the limited volumes recorded in 2025, particularly in broiler meat. Continued expansion will depend on the amount and consistency of supply offered by producers, participation by buyers and the execution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s order to Resource. More detailed price and transaction data would be needed to assess whether higher auction turnover is materially changing procurement practices in Russia’s poultry industry.
