en.Wedoany.com Reported - Uruguay's cattle slaughter volume has remained around 45,000 head for the third consecutive week. According to data from the National Meat Institute (INAC) on July 4, a total of 45,212 cattle entered processing plants that week, an increase of 1% from the previous week and 2% year-on-year.

The weekly increase was primarily driven by cow slaughter, which rose by 7% to 16,088 head; steer slaughter increased by 1% to 22,972 head; while heifer slaughter fell by 15% to 5,504 head.

The most active plants in slaughter were MBRF-Tacuarembó (5,553 head), Las Piedras (5,519 head), and Minerva-Canelones (3,776 head). By company, MBRF processed 11,857 cattle, Minerva processed 10,710, and the Urgal family processed 6,819.

On Wednesday of this week, Establecimientos Colonia, a subsidiary of MBRF, resumed production after being closed since the end of February. The company has decided to schedule a shift vacation for the Tacuarembó cold storage facility next week, so the plant's weekly slaughter volume is expected to drop to approximately 2,500 head.

In June, the downward trend in cattle slaughter that began in January was broken. A total of 193,620 animals were slaughtered that month, an increase of nearly 2,000 head (1%) compared to June 2025. As a result, the first half of the year saw a cumulative processing of 1.03 million cattle, a decrease of 194,000 head (15.9%) year-on-year.