Prices of fat cattle: see how the quotations per hundredweight started October

The physical market for fattened cattle had another day of sideways movement, maintaining the pattern of negotiations across much of the country. Analyst Fernando Henrique Iglesias from the consultancy Safras & Mercado highlights that slaughterhouses, especially the larger ones, still have more comfortable slaughter schedules, with a good incidence of partnership animals in the current season. "Bovine meat exports are still the main point of support at this moment, with a quite satisfactory result in the current season, with an important advance in volume and especially in revenue," he said. The wholesale market still faces stable prices during this Wednesday (1). According to Iglesias, the business environment still suggests some price increase during the first fortnight of the month, considering the entry of salaries into the economy as an important motivator for consumption. "It is worth mentioning once again that chicken meat remains more competitive in relation to competing ...