What is the price of live cattle per kilogram/pound in Uruguay today?
The retail price range for Uruguay live cattle is between US$ 4.10 and US$ 6.02 per kilogram or between US$ 1.86 and US$ 2.73 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live cattle in Uruguay
The retail price range in Unidad Previsional for live cattle is between UYI 159.20 and UYI 234.11 per kilogram or between UYI 72.20 and UYI 106.17 per pound(lb) in Montevideo and Salto.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Uruguay live cattle is between US$ 2.87 and US$ 4.22 per kilogram or between US$ 1.30 and US$ 1.91 per pound(lb).
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Uruguay live cattle - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Uruguay exported 37,670 tonnes of live cattle. Through 2019 alone, the market for Uruguay live cattle (livestock category) has decreased, with a change of -65.031 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live cattle's exports went down by -57.11% netting the country US$100.12m for the year 2019. Uruguay's live cattle exports are categorised as:
- Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)
- Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)
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Uruguay live cattle export values
In 2019, Uruguay supplied live cattle worth 100.12m USD, a reduction of -63.07% from 2018's total live cattle export of 271.083m USD. The annual reduction in value of Uruguay live cattle between 2017 to 2018 was 23.323%.
The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of Uruguay's live cattle exports between 2017 and 2019 was -57.11 per cent in comparison to a variation of -65.031% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Uruguay live cattle ( in '000$ )
Uruguay's leading destinations for live cattle are Turkey, China, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.
Uruguay brought in 27 tonnes of live cattle in 2019.