Uruguay: Increase slaughter volume for free-range cattle

The National Meat Institute reported that in the last 7 days until August 3, 2024, 46,650 cattle were processed in our country, 4,110 more animals than the previous week (10%), this increase continues to reflect the very good activity resulting from the current quota window to which a large part of the industries are focused. Steers lead the week with 54.3% of the slaughter, some 25,335 industrialized animals, while bellies represent 44.1% with 20,589 industrialized females, of which 12,892 were cows (27.6%) and 7,697 (16.5%) heifers. The number of industrialized bulls was 588 and the number of calves was 138. So far this year, industrial activity totals 1,351,211 cattle, which represents 5.4% more activity compared to 2023. The most active plants were San Jacinto (3,072), Canelones (2,618) and Ontilcor (4,235). In the case of sheep, industrial activity increased again significantly with 3,521 more sheep (28%) in the last week, reaching 16,081 total industrialized sheep. Lambs ...