11 March 2024

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Brazilian dwell pig quotations rose steeply in early February; nonetheless, not sufficient to spice up the month-to-month common in comparison with January, since worth drops registered on this second fortnight have been extra important, in keeping with a latest market report from Cepea.

Gamers surveyed by Cepea say that the variety of ready-to-slaughter animals is excessive. This reality and the decrease demand for pork meat, particularly within the end-of-the-month interval, pressed down values of dwell pigs.

Within the SP-5 area (Bragança Paulista, Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo and Sorocaba), the common worth for dwell pigs moved down 0.3% from January to February, closing at BRL 6.64/kg. As for the meat, costs for particular pork carcass decreased 0.9% in the identical comparability, averaging BRL 9.64/kg within the wholesale market of the Higher São Paulo.