With the reactivation of demand, the strengthening of prices for the fat farm is consolidated.
Las Piedras and La Caballada return to operations. There are meatpackers consulting for livestock. The arrival of kosher equipment is added as an upward factor.
Most of the deals for steers are between US$ 5.90 and US$ 5.95 per kilo with some specific deals for special cattle that reach US$ 6. “With an increase in activity that puts pressure on the low supply, a firm market,” commented this Monday the Association of Livestock Consignors (ACG).
For cows, the range of values offered between US$ 5.60 and US$ 5.70 per kilo is wider. Some occasional business for exceptional cattle has occurred close to US$ 5.80. In all cases with agile entries.
On the ACG grid, steers averaged US$5.88 with an increase of 7 cents compared to the previous week and cows rose 9 cents to US$5.52 per kilo. More moderate, the heifer accompanied with a correction from US$5.76 to US$5.79 in last week’s trading average.
“The values are being affirmed faster than I thought,” Juan Andrés Dutra, from the Dutra Hermanos desk, told Conexión Agropecuaria. “At any time we are going to handle as current values those we had before the decline,” he noted.
The common denominator continues to be the low supply both in the fat and in the replacement. The delay in the departure of field cattle persists due to the delay in pastures, with persistent rains and lack of sun. “Whoever has cattle is putting a lot of kilos on them,” he said.
“Without a doubt it is firmer, it is coming with a little arrow up and they are looking for the cattle more,” said Gerónimo Brea, Brea Saravia desk officer.
In the replacement, there were historical prices at the auction of Lot 21 last week, with calves reaching an unprecedented average of US$ 4.66 per kilo, an increase of 5.4% compared to the previous auction.
In private businesses it costs a little more to put the tips together, without an abundant supply. Live exports continue to be active, with interest in steers, calves and heifers.
The ACG averages show a drop from US$4.54 to US$4.51 in the average for calves and a correction of the thin/fat index from 1.43 to 1.41. The wintering cow rose two cents to US$2.56.
The operation of the corrals is moderate. At the end of the month, work begins on 481.
In sheep, the market remains firm, with new increases based on low supply and sustained demand. Lamb advances two cents to US$6.44 and sheep advances one cent to US$5.29 per kilo.
Source: blasinayasociados.com
