Uruguay’s Cattle Industry
Uruguay — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 3104403; 2025: 3384688
Cattle inventory
1990: 8692000; 2024: 11960556 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 334552; 2024: 577892.98 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 273.3; 2024: 50978.68 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 168591.6; 2024: 636528.63 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 1588931; 2024: 2286220 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 14; 2024: 19.1 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 36115 tonnes; 2024: 159641 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 305 tonnes; 2024: 2004 tonnes
Barley
1991: 28000 tonnes; 2024: 0.16 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 2012 tonnes; 2024: 4890.99 tonnes
Oats
1991: 8000 tonnes; 2024: 3119.12 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 371 tonnes; 2024: 66845.63 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 4545 tonnes; 2024: 90760.71 tonnes