Meat companies in Argentina slaughtered just over 9 million head of cattle in the first eight months of 2025, according to official figures from the country’s ministry of agriculture, livestock and fishing.

This figure is almost flat with the total for the same period last year; it represents a fall of 0.3%.

The ministry gave an average carcass weight of 231 kilos for the January-August 2025 period, up by 1.3% year on year.

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