Cost of different types of meat in South Africa over the last couple of years
Category: Economics, Public Finances, Consumers
Date: 8 July 2022
Date: 8 July 2022
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We take a look at the cost of different types of meats and proteins in South Africa over the last couple of years. Just how quickly are the prices of meat in South Africa rising?
With the cost of basic goods spiraling out of control and interest rates on the increase, there seems to be no choice but for consumer to either buy less goods, spend less money on non essentials and try and force their employers to give wage increases which matches the rate of inflation so that their relative purchasing power doesn't decline. |
Various meats on a grill
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Using the price data collected by Statistics South Africa across the country from big chain stores and smaller grocery stores we take a look at the average price data for various meat types. In this article we take a look at the average price data for Beef rump steak, Beef chuck, Pork Chops, Lamb loin chops, Whole fresh chicken and Individually quick frozen (IQF) chicken pieces. We compare the prices of these items from May 2017 up to May 2022
Description May-2017 May-2018 May-2019 May-20 May-21 May-22
Beef rump steak (Per Kilogram) : R 129.82 R 126.39 R 124.39 R 167.99 R 159.71 R 180.32
Beef chuck (Per Kilogram): R 83.92 R 88.32 R 84.19 R 80.99 R 98.81 R 108.93
Pork chops (Per Kilogram): R 77.79 R 73.82 R 75.09 R 94.65 R 107.94 R 101.56
Mutton/Lamb loin chop (Per Kilogram): R 140.14 R 157.07 R 152.40 R 209.99 R 180.54 R 185.75
Whole chicken - fresh (Per Kilogram): R 43.41 R 45.77 R 47.40 R 49.99 R 58.34 R 54.34
IQF chicken portions (2 Kilogram): R 62.24 R 67.43 R 67.11 R 70.82 R 85.18 R 86.80
Description May-2017 May-2018 May-2019 May-20 May-21 May-22
Beef rump steak (Per Kilogram) : R 129.82 R 126.39 R 124.39 R 167.99 R 159.71 R 180.32
Beef chuck (Per Kilogram): R 83.92 R 88.32 R 84.19 R 80.99 R 98.81 R 108.93
Pork chops (Per Kilogram): R 77.79 R 73.82 R 75.09 R 94.65 R 107.94 R 101.56
Mutton/Lamb loin chop (Per Kilogram): R 140.14 R 157.07 R 152.40 R 209.99 R 180.54 R 185.75
Whole chicken - fresh (Per Kilogram): R 43.41 R 45.77 R 47.40 R 49.99 R 58.34 R 54.34
IQF chicken portions (2 Kilogram): R 62.24 R 67.43 R 67.11 R 70.82 R 85.18 R 86.80
Steak on a braai
The table below shows the year on year increases in the average price of various meat times over
Description May-2018 May-2019 May-20 May-21 May-22
Description May-2018 May-2019 May-20 May-21 May-22
- Beef rump steak (Per Kilogram): -2.6% -1.6% 35.1% -4.9% 12.9%
- Beef chuck (Per Kilogram): 5.2% -4.7% -3.8% 22.0% 10.2%
- Pork chops (Per Kilogram): -5.1% 1.7% 26.0% 14.0% -5.9%
- Mutton/Lamb loin chop (Per Kilogram): 12.1% -3.0% 37.8% -14.0% 2.9%
- Whole chicken - fresh (Per Kilogram): 5.4% 3.6% 5.5% 16.7% -6.8%
- IQF chicken portions (2 Kilogram): 8.3% -0.5% 5.5% 20.3% 1.9%