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Beef and arroba prices in Brazil

Updated Mar 17, 2023
Livestock arroba prices remain weakened in the national market, a scenario that has been verified since the end of February, when meat shipments to China were suspended, following the protocol established between Brazil and China in cases of records of “evil mad cow”. Meat prices traded on the wholesale market in Greater São Paulo are firm.

According to data released by Cepea, in March (until the 14th), while the CEPEA/B3 Livestock Indicator (São Paulo market) registers an average of R$ 274.48/@, the matched carcass is sold in the wholesale at R$ 284.85/@, that is, with an advantage of 10.37 Reais/@ for the protein. This is the biggest price difference between live cattle and meat since October 2021, when precisely the national livestock sector was going through a scenario of suspension of protein shipments to China.
Livestock arroba prices remain weakened in the national market, a scenario that has been verified since the end of February, when meat shipments to China were suspended, following the protocol established between Brazil and China in cases of records of “evil mad cow”. Meat prices traded on the wholesale market in Greater São Paulo are firm. According to data released by Cepea, in March (until the 14th), while the CEPEA/B3 Livestock Indicator (São Paulo market) registers an average of R$ 274.48/@, the matched carcass is sold in the wholesale at R$ 284.85/@, that is, with an advantage of 10.37 Reais/@ for the ...
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