Price of the arroba today: check how the quotes for fat cattle ended the week

The physical market for fattened cattle presented negotiations above the average reference during this Friday (1). However, the negotiations only happened sporadically, with some meatpacking industries absent from the purchase of cattle, according to the consultancy Safras & Mercado. “The expectation is still for some price increase, even if it happens moderately, considering the shortening of slaughter schedules, especially for smaller meatpackers,” says the company's analyst Fernando Henrique Iglesias. According to him, when it comes to larger meatpackers, the picture is different: slaughter schedules are more comfortable, even considering the incidence of partnership animals (term contracts) and the use of own confinements. The wholesale market confirms the trend and shows an increase in its prices. According to Iglesias, the business environment suggests the continuation of the upward movement in the short term, considering the entry of wages into the economy added to the ...