In 2024, beef exports reached a historic record

In the first month of the year, the meat-packing industry slaughtered a total of 1.142 million heads of cattle. Female slaughter decreased more than male slaughter, with its share of the total falling by 0.3 percentage points to 46.3%, a figure just above the upper limit of the range compatible with sustaining the cattle herd. However, when broken down by category, it appears that between the last two Januarys, cow slaughter continued to fall and heifer slaughter increased, representing 31.4% of the total slaughter (+2.4 percentage points). The lower number of heads slaughtered was partially offset by an increase in the average weight of the animal. Assuming that beef exports have remained stable between January 2024 and the current year, around 78.0 thousand tn r/c/h, the apparent consumption of beef in our country would have been equivalent to 185.9 thousand tn r/c/h, being 2.1% below that registered in January of last year. In December 2024, 47,251 tn pp of Argentine beef were ...