Mexico: Profit of cattle and buffalo increased 4% in the first half of 2021

According to the Livestock Slaughter Survey of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), the first half of the year 1,600,378 head of cattle and 18,331 head of buffalo were sent to slaughter, an increase of 4 and 14%, respectively. The DANE statement revealed that in the second quarter of 2021 749 665 head of cattle were slaughtered, a growth of 6.5% compared to the same quarter of 2020 when the number of copies sent for benefit was 703 734. The greatest increase was “that destined for export with 77.1%, going from 32 058 heads in the second quarter of 2020 to 56 781 heads during the same quarter of 2021, followed by the slaughter of males with 5% and that of females with 1.8% ”. On the contrary, the benefit of calves decreased 21.2%. Of the heads slaughtered in the second quarter of 2021, 54.8% were male and 36% were female. (Read: This is how the monthly benefit of cattle behaved in May) The DANE statement continues to indicate that the largest participations ...