It is because of that the prices of the main cuts measured by INDEC exhibited monthly increases much lower than those of the general level of the CPI and the chapter food and beverages.
Between December 2022 and January 2023, the average increase in the prices of the main beef cuts measured by INDEC was equivalent to 3,7%. While, when compared to the first month of 2022, the rise was almost 48%.
In the evolution of the general level ofl IPC-GABAthe average value of the main cuts of meat vaccine fell 24.9% in the last year.
And if you contrast average price of beef cuts with that of whole chicken, the drop was 24.3% compared to January of last year.
slaughtered heads
In January 2023 the number of slaughtered heads remained at a high level and the participation of females in the total slaughter was located slightly above the upper limit of the interval compatible with the maintenance of the bovine herd.
In the first month of the year 1,185 million heads were slaughtered of cattle ranch.
He activity level of the refrigeration industry registered a 8.8% retracement in relation to December 2022when correcting for the number of working days.
But in the interannual comparison the number of slaughtered heads rose 21.6% (+11.5% when correcting for the number of business days).
The slaughter of males amounted to 647.4 thousand heads in January. 535.7 thousand steers and 94.7 thousand steers were slaughtered.
For his part, the slaughter of females totaled 537.8 thousand heads in the first month of the year (+23.1% annual), reaching 45.4% of the total slaughter.
In January 2023, 271 thousand tons of bone-in beef were produced (tn r/c/h) of bovine meat, that is to say 21.6% more than in January 2022 (+11.4%, when adjusting for the number of business days). The average weight of the slaughtered animal remained at 229 kilos.
Sectoral statistics indicated that In the first month of 2023, the meat processing industry produced 271 thousand tons r/c/h of beef. That is, 21.6% more than in January last year.
Regarding the cconsumption per capita of beef, in January 2023 the moving average of the last twelve months it was located in 49.3 kg/year. Regarding January 2022 was 4.4% higher (+2.1 kg/inhab/year).
