Slaughter prices increased by 140.5 percent in cattle and 103.9 percent in sheep and goats.

Şemsi Bayraktar, president of the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), said in the press release that he assessed slaughter prices: “We anticipate a decrease of at least 10 percent in the number of animals slaughtered compared to last year. “

Bayraktar assessed the market for sacrificial animals with his press release ahead of the upcoming Eid-al-Adha.

Bayraktar said prices increased 140.5 percent for cattle and 103.9 percent for sheep and goats compared to the previous year. As a result, the average price per kilogram of cattle increased from 61 lira to 15 cents to 147 lira to 7 cents, and that of smaller cattle from 63 lira to 57 cents to 129 lira to 62 cents.

Bayraktar said in his statement:

“While we estimate a decline of around 10 percent in cattle this year compared to last year, we don’t expect much of a change in sheep and goats, due to the fact that purchasing power cannot keep up with increases in the prices of meat and cattle.

Taking into account slaughter sales in recent years, we estimate that a total of 3,385,000 slaughter animals will be slaughtered this year, including 785,000 cattle and 2,600,000 sheep and goats.”

BIG INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR

Bayraktar, who made assessments of slaughter prices in his statement, gave the following information:

“The prices of the sacrifices and the way of sale differ according to the provinces. In some places, prices of live weight (balanza) and meat (carcass) are sold, in some places, sales of live animals (cabala) are made through haggling or shared sales. Recently, especially in metropolitan cities, the slaughter price is also included in the sale price of the animal.

Prices of slaughter animals; It differs according to the provinces, the live weight, the breed (local-culture) and whether it is a question of cows, heifers, tosun, small ruminant sheep, rams and goats.

According to the data we receive from our Chambers of Agriculture, the average prices in our country; It is estimated that the price per animal will vary between 35,000 and 145,000 lire for cattle, between 4,000 and 15,000 lira for smaller cattle, and that the live weight price per kilogram will be between 120 lira and 185 lira for cattle. and between 100 liras and 185 liras for small cattle. These prices may change based on demand as the holidays approach.

When we look at the average for the country, we see that the price of live kilograms of cattle is 147 liras and 7 kurus, and the price of live kilograms of sheep and goats is 129 liras and 62 kurus.

HOW MUCH PRICES SACRIFICE ANIMALS?

Cattle prices in live kilograms, in our three big cities with the highest sales, are between 170 lira and 185 lira on the European side of Istanbul, 170 lira and 180 lira on the Anatolian side, 140 lira and 160 lira in Ankara , 160 lira and 170 lira in Izmir varies between pounds.

Sheep and goat prices range from 160 lira to 185 lira on the European side of Istanbul, 170 lira to 180 lira on the Anatolian side, 130 lira to 150 lira in Ankara, and 140 lira to 155 lira in Izmir.

Sales of shares in bovine cattle are also carried out. Although the share prices vary from province to province, they range from 7,000 lira to 20,000 lira.

Compared to the previous year, prices increased 140.5 percent for cattle and 103.9 percent for sheep and goats. The average price per kilogram of cattle increased from 61 lira 15 cents to 147 lira 7 cents, and small cattle from 63 lira 57 cents to 129 lira 62 cents.

Price per person for sale of shares in some of our provinces: 8 thousand liras to 20 thousand liras in Istanbul, 7 thousand liras to 15 thousand liras in Ankara, 10 thousand liras to 15 thousand liras in Izmir and Çanakkale, 11 thousand liras in Antalya and 12 thousand lira in Denizli, 8 thousand lira and 17 thousand lira in Denizli, 8 thousand lira and 12 thousand lira in Gaziantep, 15 thousand lira and 16 thousand lira in Balıkesir, 7 thousand 500 lira and 11 thousand 500 lira in Trabzon. It varies between 14,000 and 15,000 lira in Karaman, between 11,000 and 12,000 lira in Kayseri, and between 12,000 and 17,000 lira in Yozgat and Sivas.”

WHY HAVE THE PRICES OF SACRIFICE INCREASED?

Referring to the reasons for the increase in the prices of slaughter animals, Bayraktar said: “We are dealing with labor, veterinary, medicine, electricity, transportation, etc., especially for food. The increase in expenses as the increase in the prices of sacrificial animals,” he said.

Bayraktar made the following assessments:

“The gross minimum wage that our producers pay to a worker they employ in their companies has increased from 5,044 liras last year to 10,008 liras with an increase of 100 percent this year.

While the kilowatt of electricity they use in their businesses was 207 lira 94 kurus last year, this year it increased by 3 percent to 213 lira 99 kurus.

The straw they bought last year for 1,863 liras this year increased by 99.7 percent to 3,721 liras, the dry alfalfa grass they bought for 3,101 liras to 5,746 liras with an increase of 85.3 percent, and the corn silage they bought for 1,431 lire with an increase of 70.2 percent, the wheat bran purchased for 1,435 lire and 4,265 lire this year amounted to 5,725 lire with an increase of 34 percent, 2 percent, and the fattening feed they bought for 5,977 lira this year increased by 21.1 percent to 7,236 lira.

Although there has been a decrease in diesel prices compared to last year, transport prices remain high. Last year from Kars province; This year, the transport vehicle that went to Ankara for 25,000 liras cost 28,000 liras, the vehicle that went to Istanbul for 35,000 liras cost 38,000 liras, and the vehicle that went to Bursa and İzmir for 35,000 liras cost 40 thousand lire.

In addition to these rising costs, high meat prices have also increased the prices of slaughter animals. The decrease in the number of fattening animals with the slaughter of breeding stock in the previous period increased meat prices significantly, and the average price of beef carcass, which was 96 lira and 93 kurus last year, increased 146.36 percent this year. at 238 liras 76 kurus.”