Paraguay: Local steer price recovers competitiveness

In the last month, the price of the Paraguayan steer increased 50 cents and is progressively approaching the best values in the region. This week saw a rise of 10 cents, so the current value is $3.45. At the Mercosur level, the consultant indicates that Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay had increases of different intensity that placed them four cents away between the highest and the lowest price. In the case of Argentina, the farm price was USD 3.58, an interweek increase of two cents and the first increase in dollars since the beginning of September. On the other hand, Valor Carne mentions that the 13 cents of the weight that on average rose the offers of the refrigerators by the category exceeded the weekly devaluation. The price of Brazilian farms registered the second highest rise of the week (eight cents), which helped reach USD 3.60. In the ...