Cattle slaughter was virtually unchanged from the previous week. According to INAC, 44,792 head were processed in the week ended June 27, just 159 fewer than the previous one. Compared to the same week last year, slaughter was down only 1%.
Steer slaughter declined 2% week-on-week to 22,708 head, offset by a 5% increase in heifer slaughter to 6,469 head and a 1% rise in cow slaughter to 14,997 head.
The most active plants were MBRF-Tacuarembó (5,636 head), Las Piedras (5,556), and Urgal-San Jacinto (3,328).
With only two days remaining in the first half of the year, cattle slaughter in Uruguay reached 1,012,034 head, down 16.5% from the same period in 2025. After a significant decline in slaughter volumes during the first five months of the year, June is expected to finish at a level similar to or slightly above that of the same month last year, ending a streak of five consecutive months of year-on-year declines.
For the 2025/26 fiscal year, cattle slaughter is estimated at 2.2 million head, around 120,000 fewer than in 2024/25.
