For Uruguay, 481 no longer has any impact

The discount that used to be given in the price of grass-finished cattle when the main slaughterhouses concentrated their activity on the production of meat from animals finished in feedlots for the European quota 481 seems to have been left behind, and there are reasons that help explain this change. Although with great variability, the average difference in previous years between the price of special grass-fed steer at the beginning and at the end of the quota window was around US$ 0.20 per kilo carcass, which justified taking measures not to offer cattle at the time of the end of the window. That difference disappeared last year. In the average of the four quota windows of 2024 there was no difference. Even in the May and November windows, the price of steer increased during the window period. It is entirely logical that its incidence has decreased, since the quota is being reduced. Last year Uruguay could only ship 3,700 tons per quarter together with other suppliers. This ...