Cattle prices strengthen sharply

Slaughter cattle prices strengthened sharply again over the past week. Sources from the trading sector reported references for common male cattle around US$ 3.90 per kilo carcass weight and US$ 3.60 for finished cows with short bookings, in many cases less than a week. Meanwhile, an industry source indicated that for larger-volume loads, they had to stretch up to US$ 4.00 to secure common males with fast delivery.