CATTLE MARKETS
Mercado de Liniers, yarded 41.356 head of cattle for week ending 19 December and the prices are still sliding downwards.
The recent fall in the price of hides is one factor, also the slowdown in the export market in the other.
Prime steers 80c/kg USD
Heavy steers 65c/kg USD
Yearling steers 80c/kg USD
Yearling heifers 75c/kg USD
Butchers cows 50c/kg USD
Steak cows 40c/kg USD
Manufacturing cows 25c/kg USD
Bulls 48c/kg USD
Rosario market 3452 head on offer prices 5c/kg less than Liniers
Cordoba market 2783 head of off, prices on par with Rosario.