With the return to activity of Frigocerro and Somicar, sheep slaughter jumped last week. INAC reported that 15,814 sheep were processed, more than 9,000 above the previous week and the largest number since the last week of February, when Frigocerro was working at full capacity on sheep meat production for the Israeli market. Industry sources confirmed that the Durazno plant is once again active for the Israeli market.
With the return to activity of these two plants, in a context of minimal availability of slaughter cattle, prices continue to rise. Deals are being closed at US$ 5 per kilo carcass weight for lambs, and adult sheep are exceeding US$ 4.
Lambs slaughtered last week totaled 7,349 last week, 46% of the total.
The most active plants were Frigocerro (5,280), Las Piedras (3,514) and Somicar in Salto (2,357), under creditor protection, which had not been active since the end of last year.
