The pendulum swings: processor pressures return as producer fortunes lift

Beef and calf prices are breaking records. After Flemish artisanal butchers first announced that beef would become up to 15 percent more expensive at the butcher, figures from the Agency for Agriculture and Sea Fisheries now confirm the price increases. A shortage on the market and sick cows are partly the cause, but there is more to it. The barbecue season has only just begun, but two statistics illustrate that steaks and veal sausages will be …

During March, from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Meats and Derivatives (Ciccra) warned that the increase in butchers' counters exerted additional pressure on inflation, which in the first months of 2025 showed a downward trend. The entity presided by Miguel Schiariti estimated that beef cuts increased by an average of 6.4%, versus inflation measured by Indec that rose to 3.7% during the third month of 2025. Behind these increases, in a…

The pendulum swings: processor pressures return as producer fortunes lift

Cattle prices rise in 2025, benefiting producers but squeezing beef processors amid mixed export markets.