In May, the monthly slaughter of cattle and buffalo in Mexico rebounded, but that of the whole year is still lower

The slaughter of cattle and buffalo in May rebounded compared to the same month of 2021, which cuts the drop in this item so far in 2022. The monthly result was also better than that of May 2020, but in the total of the 5 months still continues the decline in profit. According to the Livestock Slaughter Survey of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), in May there were 261,270 heads of cattle and buffalo, of which 257,853 were cattle and 3,417 of the latter species. So far in 2022, both species total 1,255,922 specimens; Of these, 1,240,478 correspond to cattle and 15,444 to buffalo. Next, we will explain how the results of each of these species compare with previous years. The monthly report of bovine cattle revealed the 257,853 heads of cattle, representing an increase of 16.4% compared to the 221,587 of May 2021, as well as 6% more than the 243,155 of May 2020. (Read: Slaughter cattle in April remained low) However, when adding the data for the 5 months, ...