According to Khabaronline news agency, the price of red meat went up in the market today; The increase that occurred in both the beef and sheep sectors and has destroyed the stability of the market for several months.
Ekhtaz Online wrote: The review of the price of red meat shows that the market has moved out of the relative stability of the past months in recent days. The price increase occurred simultaneously in the two sectors of beef and sheep, but its intensity was not the same in different items; In some sections, the rate growth has been noticeable and in others it has been limited.
In the veal sector, the price of “straight veal” per kilogram has reached 2 million and 150 thousand tomans. Also, “veal thigh meat” is priced at 2 million and 100 thousand tomans per kilogram.
In the sheep sector, “sheep muscle meat” is the most expensive item in the market with a price of 2,385,000 tomans per kilogram. Also, the price of each kilogram of “lamb thigh meat” in the market has been set at 2,375,000 Tomans.
The most important sign of changing market equations is the shifting of the position of the most expensive items; Now the thigh and muscle of sheep stand higher than the most expensive cuts of veal with a difference of more than 200,000 tomans per kilogram.
This price gap has pushed household purchasing behavior towards cheaper cuts and broth and changed the composition of demand in butchers; A trend that has been brought up many times by union activists in recent months as a sign of pressure on the household food basket.
The exit of the market from the phase of stability is the main question of the union activists these days: will this price increase stop at this level or will it continue? The experience of the past months shows that every bullish period in the red meat market first started with the increase in the rate of popular cuts and then it was transferred to the whole basket. If this pattern is repeated, there is a possibility that the price increase will spread to cheaper items such as neck and broth.
On the other hand, the continued pressure of production and livestock input costs leaves a limited space for rates to return to previous levels. Therefore, the current image of the market is a “fragile stop” rather than a “temporary stability”; A situation in which prices neither decrease nor can we confidently talk about their stabilization.
The red meat market has entered a new phase in November 1405; The phase in which the simultaneous price increase in both the beef and sheep sectors has taken stability from the market and has turned the future of rates into one of the most ambiguous periods of the year.
What distinguishes the price of meat in Tehran’s butchers from other cities is the price difference between the northern and southern neighborhoods of the capital; The gap that has increased in the past months due to the difference in the rent of shops and the cost of middlemen, forcing buyers to compare the rates of several butchers before buying.
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