2024 began for Colombia with a sharp drop in slaughter for export

In January 2024, Colombia witnessed the slaughter of 257,880 heads of cattle, according to the Livestock Slaughter Survey (ESG) of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). This represents a decrease of 1.1% compared to the 260,694 recorded in the same period of the previous year. At the same time, the slaughter of buffalo cattle experienced an increase, reaching 3,298 heads in January 2024, compared to 2,875 in January 2023 (+14.7%). The slaughter that experienced the greatest decrease was that destined for export, which went from 11,151 in January of last year to 3,495 in January 2024, a drop of 68.7%. Cattle profit in January 2024 Although the slaughter of cattle in January 2024 was lower compared to the same month in 2023, the figure is higher than that of 2022 (256,743 heads), although it is still lower than that of other years. In January 2020, before the pandemic, this number was 290,251 animals. As was usual last year, the figure was maintained by growth ...