The week saw significant increases in the price per arroba of fat cattle in 7 states.

The Boi Datagro Indicator, adopted by B3 as a reference for the settlement of livestock futures contracts in the Brazilian market, shows that the week saw increases in the price per arroba of fat cattle in the main commercial centers of the country. This movement is justified by the appetite of smaller slaughterhouses, which are still operating with reduced slaughter scales, in addition to the domestic demand being on the verge of the period of greatest heating, given the entry of the 13th salary in the economy, the end-of-year parties, and the arrival of temporary job vacancies. With this, business followed an upward trend between Monday (13) and this Friday (17) in the following states: As for the exports of fresh, frozen, or chilled beef from Brazil in October so far (8 business days), they yielded US$ 621.334 million, with a daily average of US$ 77.666 million, according to data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex). The total quantity exported by ...