He Vaccine meat consumption It is found in a decreasing trend. According to the latest Ciccra report (Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meats and Derivatives of the Argentine Republic), The consumption per inhabitant of vaccine was located in May at a level of 49.5 kilos/year, which was 0.5% above the registration corresponding to May last year. However, it continues at minimum levels.
The producer and livestock consultant Víctor Tonelli confirmed that, although there was a slight improvement, the consumption of vaccine meat in Argentina is still one of the lowest in history. “This semester closed with an average of 49 kilos per inhabitant per year, against 44 of last year, but we continue far from the 82 kilos that were consumed six decades ago,” he explained.
Tonelli was clear in highlighting that cultural change and price pushed this transformation. “Today more meat is consumed in total, but less vaccine meat. Between chicken and pork, we pass from 12 to 65 kilos per inhabitant per year. That explains the displacement of beef, which is also more expensive and less efficient to produce, ”he said in dialogue with Rivadavia AM 630.
On the rumors that Brazilian vaccine is being sold in Argentine butchers, Tonelli was blunt: “That is a lie. There is no kilo of meat with bone from Brazil.
Asked about exports, he said that Argentina exports less than before, but that the recovery is progressive: “The problem was that until a year and a half exports were almost prohibited. There Paraguay and Brazil took the opportunity to win market”
Finally, he relativized the alleged “invasion” of foreign meat: “Although it is said that imports of vaccine meat quadrupled, that represents only 0.05% of domestic consumption. Has no real impact”, He concluded.
The message was clear: The consumption of vaccine meat fell for structural and cultural reasons, not due to external invasions or passing fashions. Argentina adapts, but with an increasingly mixed flavor.
Meat prices increase above inflation
According to IPCVA (Institute for the Promotion of the Argentine Vaccine Meat), which analyzes the performance of meat pricesIn May, meat prices increased above inflation. The values of the different cuts recorded a variation of 2.6% (vs. May inflation 1.5%), compared to the previous month. The increase in the first five months of the year was 27.3% a percentage difference of 14% fundamentally given by the low supply that prices more expensive.
The product that increased the least was fresh chicken, with an online variation with inflation of 1.5%, although it was shown above inflation in the last five months (17.3% vs. 13.3% CPI until May).
In the points of sale that they attend in high socioeconomic level neighborhoods, the prices of the meat vaccine varied 3.3% its price. The means of 2.5%. While in those who attend to the socioeconomic level under prices increased by 2.4%.
With respect to the different categories of the Treasury, Coricito’s meat showed variations in its 2.3%prices, novillo meat 0.9%, heifer and veal meat 3.6%vs the prices of April 2025. On average, on average, on average, on average The price of the light category of retail consumption had an increase of 2.6% comparing it with the price of the previous month.
By point of sale there are differences during the last month of May 2025, prices varied by 3%, compared to the previous month in butchers; while in supermarkets an increase of 1.6%is observed.
Source: Ambito
