The average price of fattened cattle per kilo reached 9,348 pesos in April 2026, nearly double the 4,698 pesos recorded in April 2020.
According to updated data from Fedegán, the price of cattle rose 8.4 percent from April 2025, when it stood at 8,622 pesos. The six-year cumulative increase reflects the impact of several factors.
During and after the pandemic, costs of key inputs such as concentrates, fertilizers, veterinary medicines and transport increased. These became more expensive due to the global logistics crisis and the war between Russia and Ukraine that began in 2021.
Between 2021 and 2023 Colombia faced one of its highest inflation periods in decades, raising labor, energy and logistics costs throughout the meat chain. The recent minimum wage increase also influenced final prices.
The national government expects that a possible suspension of exports will reduce the meat price by 10 points. The cattle sector warns that the measure would put a nearly 350-million-dollar market at risk.
