The report details that in October 2025, with 1 kg of beef, an average of 3.1 kg of chicken could be bought. This ratio represents a 9.8% increase in the amount of chicken that can be acquired with the value of 1 kg of beef, compared to the same period in 2024, when the ratio was 2.82 kg. Beef brisket was the beef cut that increased the most during October, with a rise of 8.2%, consolidating an increasingly wide price gap with its substitutes. According to the monthly report of the Argentine Institute of Beef Promotion (IPCVA), the strong increase in beef contrasted with the evolution of fresh chicken, which fell in price by 0.9% in the same period. "Middle class syndrome": 29 million feel they are part of it, but only 20 million are so by income. Beef is worth 3.1 kg of chicken. This price disparity changed the historical relationship between the two products.
