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President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States would allow 300,000 tons of manufacturing beef to enter tariff-free for 90 days has left the US market largely on hold, according to an Argentine trader.
The source also questioned the measure’s potential effect on retail ground beef prices. Based on his calculations of weekly per capita consumption, he estimated that even a 25% reduction in ground beef prices would generate average savings of only around US$ 0.70 per person per week. “There is no rational justification for creating such a mess” to achieve that result, he said.
Trump’s social media announcement also had repercussions outside the US. A trader told WBR that he had received more inquiries from China and said some Brazilian companies had begun offering more firmly to Asian destinations such as Malaysia, using the possibility that a larger share of production could end up in the US as a sales argument. “If you need to buy, buy now, because everything could go to the United States,” he said.
In Taiwan, a broker reported several trades from Paraguay during the past week, including forequarter tendons at US$ 4,700 per ton, hindquarter tendons at US$ 4,400, intercostal meat at US$ 9,200, tenderloins at US$ 14,000, blade and chuck tender at US$ 8,000, five-cut shin & shank at US$ 7,000 and flanks at US$ 6,500.
A European importer said supplies of Argentine Hilton rump & loin had fallen sharply. “There is much less production and availability,” he told WBR. He secured only one load last week and said he had received virtually no new offers from Argentina or Uruguay since then.
A regional trader reported an improvement in lamb carcass prices for the Middle East, with business concluded from Uruguay at US$ 7,900 per ton CFR.
A Paraguayan meatpacker reported the first September business with Chile at prices slightly above August levels.
Slaughter cattle prices in Mercosur remained stable this week, with opposing forces pulling the market in different directions. The WBR Mercosur Steer Index was unchanged at US$ 4.87 per kilo carcass weight.
After five consecutive weeks of recovery, slaughter cattle prices in Brazil moved lower.
The average finished cattle price across Brazil’s main cattle-producing states fell R$ 2.70 during the week to R$ 331.90 per arroba, based on Scot Consultoria’s state-level data, net of the Funrural tax and with payment in 30 days. Therefore, it left behind five consecutive weeks of rising quotes.
