Meat increased more than 10% in March and adds 70% in the last 12 months

According to the entity’s work, with this new increase, which continues the upward trend of the middle of last year, In the last 12 months the increase reached 68.6%more than double the 33.1% inflation measured by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).

This way, The increase registered in March doubled those of January and Februarywhich were 4.8% and 4.9% respectively, according to the Ipcva.

This rise accompanied the increase in the cost of consumption: steer meat showed variations in prices of 9.4%; that of steer 12.8%; that of heifer and calf, 12.7% compared to the previous month.

Likewise, the price of fresh chicken registered an increase of 10.9% monthly and 49.1% year-on-year, while the value of pork breast It had a positive variation of 6.3% compared to February and 28.1% compared to the same month of the previous year.

If the different points of sale are taken into account, the greatest increases occurred in the butcher shopswith an average increase in the price of the different cuts of 12.2% compared to the 7.1% increase that was observed in the supermarkets.

The cuts that showed the greatest jumps during March were the minced meatwith 20.4%; the common baitwith 17.7%; the skirtwith 13.4%; the homemade burgerswith 13.3%; the buttock coverwith 12.3%; and the tortuguitawith 12.2%.

As for the grill cutsapart from the skirt, the roast lid rose 10.9%, and the strip roast 10,5%.

Regarding the stew cutswhich are beginning to be more in demand at this time of year, the increase in osobuco (11.7%); of the pallette (11.2%); and of roast beef (11,1%).

The difference between beef and poultry or pork is such that With the value of a kilo of roast you can buy 3.92 kilos of chicken22.8% more than what could be purchased in March of last year.

Something similar happens with the pig: With one kilo of roast you can buy 2.08 kilos of brisket37.3% more than in the same period in 2025.

In this regard, Victor Tonellilivestock specialist and consultant, explained that “the March data is driven by the adjustments that were not transferred to prices in February and the first weeks of March.”

“The butchers always delay transferring prices in case they go down, but In February and March they had no chance“, complete.

Tonelli considered that “For the moment, meat is not going to continue rising until eventually the cattle go back to slaughter”.