Most of the slaughterhouses in São Paulo, which completed their slaughter schedules throughout the week, are out of shopping this Thursday. Active buyers are offering less than R$5.00/@ for an ox, less than R$2.00/@ for a cow and less than R$5.00/@ for a heifer.
The price of young cattle, the “Chinese bull”, fell R$5.00/@. Therefore, the price for cattle is R$275.00/@, for cows R$252.00/@ and for heifers R$267.00/@, gross and forward prices. The price of “Boi China” is R$285.00/@, gross and forward price. Rio de Janeiro The prices for ox, cow and heifer are stable in the daily comparison.
Thus, the quotation for bulls is R$260.00/@, for cows R$236.00/@ and for heifers R$238.00/@, gross and forward prices. Santa Catarina Cow prices dropped R$2.00/@. For bull and heifer prices are stable in the daily comparison. The bull is quoted at R$285.00/@, the cow at R$258.00/@ and the heifer at R$280.00/@, gross and forward prices.