Cattle slaughter grew for the fifth consecutive week, driven by steers

Cattle slaughter grew for the fifth consecutive week, driven by steers

In turn, the records of the entity show an important participation of the steers in the last weekly slaughter. Of the total of 52,432 animals, 29,412 were steers (56.1%). For their part, processed 7,456 heifers (+2% weekly) and 14,824 cows (+3%). The preponderance of steers accounts for the focus of production for the European quota 481.

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In Januarythe difference compared to the first month but of 2022 had been of 27.8% negative. Meanwhile, in the first 11 days of the month totaled 88,260 cattle slaughtered, which represented a drop of just 5.7%.

The ranking of the most productive slaughter plants

A large number of plants are working with great intensity in view of the production window of the European quota. In the ranking of the most productive, The stones leads with 5,700 cattle. They follow her Marfrig-Tacuarembo (5,096) and Minerva-Pulsa (4,021).

However, if the production of the four Marfrig plants is added, the company processed 14,000 animals, an increase of 12% compared to the previous week. For its part, Minerva slaughtered 10,051 animals in three plants (+6.12% weekly).

Sheep slaughter fell and registered its lowest numbers in four weeks

On the other hand, the sheep slaughter It was down for the second week in a row. were processed 27,489 sheep, one decrease of almost 15% compared to the previous week. It was the lowest number in the last four weeks.

In addition, there was 12,424 lambs, which represented 45% of the total, almost half. The most active plants were Somicar (4,646 animals), Las Piedras (4,535) and Bamidal (3,921).

Source: Ambito

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