Argentina: In the first nine months of 2023, cattle slaughter increased by 10% due to drought impact

During the first nine months of 2023, 11.1 million cattle were slaughtered in Argentina, 10% more than the 10.01 million that had been slaughtered between January and September 2023, the consortium of ABC meat exporters indicated in a report. recent. According to the chamber that brings together the export industry that makes more than 95% of sales abroad, the slaughter in the ninth month of 2023 was approximately 1,157 million heads of cattle processed. This implies a monthly drop, compared to August, of (-6.5%), which is equivalent to about 80 thousand animals; and a decrease of (-1.7%) compared to the month of September 2022. “There was a moderate drop compared to the 22 business days in August, which was (-2.0%), and the daily slaughter reached 55.1 thousand head in September, remaining moderately below the 56.3 thousand per day, average, last August,” they indicated from ABC. According to the survey of the slaughter of the companies associated with the ABC Argentine Meat ...