What is the price of live cattle per kilogram/pound in Costa Rica today?
The retail price range for Costa Rica live cattle is between US$ 2.84 and US$ 4.11 per kilogram or between US$ 1.29 and US$ 1.86 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live cattle in Costa Rica
The retail price range in Costa Rican Colon for live cattle is between CRC 1,542.52 and CRC 2,233.99 per kilogram or between CRC 699.55 and CRC 1,013.15 per pound(lb) in San José and Alajuela.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Costa Rica live cattle is between US$ 1.99 and US$ 2.88 per kilogram or between US$ 0.90 and US$ 1.30 per pound(lb).
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Costa Rica live cattle - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of live cattle sold by Costa Rica in 2020 was 53 tonnes. In 2019 Costa Rica exported 175 tonnes of live cattle. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Costa Rica live cattle (livestock category) has gone up, recording a change of 30.597 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live cattle's exports increased by 0.57 pc netting the country US$0.33m for the year 2019. Costa Rica's live cattle exports are classified as:
- Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)
- Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)
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Costa Rica live cattle export values
In 2019, Costa Rica exported live cattle valued at 0.33m USD, an increment of 30.95% from 2018's total live cattle export of 0.252m USD. The annual growth in value of Costa Rica live cattle between 2017 to 2018 was -31.335%.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Costa Rica's live cattle exports between 2017 and 2019 was 0.57 percent compared to a variation of 30.597% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Costa Rica live cattle ( in '000$ )
Costa Rica's best performing destinations for live cattle are Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Costa Rica bought 57 tonnes of live cattle in 2019.