Farmer's Weekly

Civil unrest caused mixed results for meat prices in July

Beef carcass prices decreased marginally over the past month. In the previous livestock overview, it was noted that high prices are being met by consumer resistance, and the month-on-month decrease is a symptom of this (see Graph 1).

The price of Class A beef was at R51,40/ kg at the start of August, while Class C traded at R43,75/kg. Weaner calf prices, in turn, remained fairly constant,

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