Feedlots: Significant increase in the number of animals confined in Argentina

Usually, the highest arrivals of animals occur between the months of March and June, coinciding with the seasonal peak of the calf harvest. Last year, pressured by the lack of grass offered by the fields, there was an advance in the departure of animals and consequently in the peak of entry to the feedlots, already reaching 582 thousand animals entered in March. This year, with a much more benign climatic situation, this income curve is even somewhat more delayed than usual, given that until last month income was certainly stable at around 430 to 450 thousand head per month while, Only in May was the first significant increase of the campaign recorded. Clearly, this slight shift in the filling curve responds largely to the rate of departure of calves recorded from the breeding fields themselves. Unlike last year, where the highest exit rates -measured on the initial stock of the category- were recorded during the first three months of the year, in 2024 the exit curve of these ...