Beef price increase: Santa Fe slaughterhouses anticipate that prices have reached a ceiling and could give way in January

The price of meat in Santa Fe ended the year with strong increases, but the beef industry anticipates that the short-term scenario shows signs of stabilization and even a possible seasonal drop during January with some factors they have listed. This was stated in a dialogue with UNO Santa Fe by the representative of the Santa Fe Chamber of Slaughterhouses, Antonio D’Angelo, when analyzing the recent evolution of prices and the outlook for the beginning of 2026. According to data from the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Vaccinated Beef (IPCVA), in November the price of meat registered monthly increases of between 8% and 8.5% nationwide, while the year-on-year variation exceeded 70 percentage points, reflecting a year of strong inflationary pressure on the product. In that context, D’Angelo considered that the market might have reached a limit in the current prices: "It is expected that the price we have today, for a seasonal issue and for the reasons that have been ...