The rise in the price of beef slowed down again in May

The rise in the price of beef slowed down again in May

In this way, the interannual variation was located at 70.3% compared to 114.2% that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed for the same period.

Due to cuts, the main increases in average prices during May occurred in Ossobuco, with a rise of 6.6% compared to April; followed by common bait (5.1%) and shoulder (4.7%). The lowest increases, for their part, corresponded to common mince (0.5%), square (0.3%) and loin ball (0.1%)

Chicken meat, for its part, registered a drop of 1.6% compared to the average price of April and a very significant slowdown compared to the 26.9% of last April.

Beyond this reduction in its price, chicken meat is the one that reached the highest year-on-year increase, totaling an advance of 132.8%.

For its part, the value of the pork breast rose 5.9% in May compared to April and 90.2% in the interannual comparison.

Regarding the different categories, steer meat showed an increase in its prices of 1.8%, steer 3.3%, heifer and veal 1.7%.

Compared to the pork brisket, the roast showed a relative price -6% lower than that registered a year ago, and the purchasing power of beef was modified from 1.51 to 1.42 kilograms of pork in the same time frame.

Source: Ambito

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