Madar (Bamako) - Meat prices have not fallen in Bamako's markets despite media reports of a cut since Monday, Malian broadcaster Studio Tamani reported on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, after its team visited the Medina-Coura, Missira and Badialan markets.
A kilogram of mutton still sells for 5,000 CFA francs, boneless beef for 4,500 to 5,000 francs and beef on the bone for 4,000 to 4,500 francs, the broadcaster said.
Makan Haidara, communications officer of the Malian Butchers' Association, said he had learned of a possible price cut from the media and that the association had not been informed of any such measure. "We heard the rumour that the government had cut the price of meat," he said. Butchers had proposed to the authorities that livestock markets inside the country be reopened and that traders supplying Bamako be protected, he added, noting that "only the Banamba livestock market is currently operating".
"If the price had really fallen, my butcher would have cut his prices too," a shopper at the Medine market said. News site Lefaso.net, citing Maliweb, had reported on Wednesday that the butchers' association announced on 19 October a cut in the price of mutton from 5,000 to 4,500 francs a kilogram, boneless beef from 4,000 to 3,750 and beef on the bone from 3,500 to 3,250.
The reports followed a third consultation meeting chaired on Monday, 19 October by Industry and Trade Minister Moussa Alassane Diallo with the livestock and meat sector, which produced an action plan that includes a possible suspension of live cattle exports and the reopening of livestock markets. Pending any actual cut, consumers continue to urge the authorities to act, Studio Tamani said.
