Producer prices of slaughter cattle increased further

By: STA Date: 2025. 06. 24. 09:15

According to AKI slaughter statistics, in January-April 2025, cattle slaughter in live weight increased by 31 percent compared to January-April 2025. Cow slaughter, which accounts for more than half of all slaughter, increased by 8.3 percent, and heifer slaughter by 7.5 percent.

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According to KSH data, Hungary’s live cattle exports decreased by 55 percent (11,100 tons) and their value by 48.2 percent in January-April 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The main partners were Kosovo, Croatia, Austria and Poland. Hungary’s live cattle imports decreased by 76.7 percent (2,000 tons) and their value by 69.3 percent compared to a year earlier. The volume of beef exports increased by 43.1 percent (3,800 tons). The volume of beef imports decreased by 7.0 percent (4.2 thousand tons), while its value increased by 22.2 percent in the observed period. According to AKI PÁIR data, the producer price of slaughter cattle continued to increase in the 1st–24th week of 2025: per 1 kg of carcass warm weight, the producer price of a young bull was HUF 1,827, that of a slaughter heifer HUF 1,271 and that of a slaughter cow HUF 1,360.

AKI PÁIR