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The average slaughter cattle price across Mercosur countries fell again this week, reflecting the impact of Lula da Silva’s reelection in Brazil’s presidential runoff.
The Middle East continues to seek Uruguayan sheepmeat, although trading is slow, mainly due to tight supplies.
Chile’s beef import market is stable, with smoother trading in Brazilian product and slow business with Paraguay, where rising slaughter cattle prices are squeezing exporters’ margins.
With less than two months until the EUDR takes effect, barring EU imports of products from land deforested from 2021 onward, views differ on its potential impact.
With sales for the year-end holidays largely completed, the European market remains sluggish, with importers pushing bid prices lower.
Brazilian exporters’ offers to China vary widely by cut and plant, while sellers’ asking prices remain far from buyers’ bids. “Demand is there, but the price gap is large,” an operator in China said.
Beyond the routine trading seen in the US beef import market in recent weeks, next year’s outlook remains promising from exporters’ perspective.
The international beef market faces several days of intense activity, with two events providing an opportunity to gauge US and Chinese demand and the trade outlook for 2027.
Cattle prices rose in reais for the ninth consecutive week. Finished males are approaching R$ 390/@ in São Paulo, while futures contracts are trading above R$ 400/@.
With Frigocerro resuming operations, weekly sheep slaughter jumped by more than 7,000 head, or 57%, to 19,365 in the week ended October 31, INAC reported. This was the highest total of the year and the largest since the third week of December 2025. However, it remained 33.2% below the same week last year.
Processing activity increased again in the week ended October 31. This was the fourth consecutive weekly increase, supported by production for the quota 481 window and the resumption of operations at Frigorífico Tacuarembó.
The slaughter cattle market remains firm, with strong demand particularly for steers and somewhat greater availability of cows.
Supply is showing moderate growth but remains clearly below usual levels for this time of year, when advancing spring conditions allow cattle to finish more quickly. Many producers also typically choose to sell at this stage, given payment terms of 45 days and the need for cash to cover additional year-end expenses.
