Agri-Business
P-grade cows propping up weekly factory kill numbers
Weekly factory beef kill numbers for January are running slightly ahead of last year’s levels, with just over 131,000 cattle...
Beef Kill
Beef
Beef Kill: Farmers continue to offload high numbers of cows
The number of cows slaughtered in the first three weeks of 2023 is running almost 4,000 cows ahead of the...
Beef
Factory cattle supply grew by over 133,000 head in 2022
The final figures for the number of cattle slaughtered at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) approved factories...
Beef
P-grade cows account for almost 70% of last week’s cow kill
Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) show that almost 70% (67.6%) of the cows processed...
Beef
2022 factory cattle supply set to be highest in 23 years
The number of cattle slaughtered at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) approved factories this year is set...
Beef
Beef kill: Surging supply of cows continues at factories
Over 10,700 cows were processed at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) approved factories last week, making it...
Beef
Number of 'overage' bullocks falls by 54% in past 11 years
The number of bullocks over the age of 30 months or ‘overage steers’ being slaughtered at Irish factories has fallen...
Beef News
Beef kill: High feed costs evident in low carcass fat scores
In the week ending October 23, over 40,200 adult cattle were processed at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Beef
Beef kill: Last week's factory throughput highest in 5 years
Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) show that 40,410 cattle (excluding veal) were processed at...
Beef
Factory throughput: 98,500 extra cattle processed to date this year
Just over 98,500 additional cattle (including veal) have been processed to date this year, according to the latest figures from...
Beef
Beef kill: Steers continue to dominate throughput
The number of cattle slaughtered at department-approved Irish beef plants last week surpassed 36,000 head, of which 50% were steers. For the...
Beef
Beef kill: Factory throughput surpasses 1 million cattle
Over one million cattle (excluding veal) have been processed to date this year at Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef News
Markets justify stronger beef prices - Golden
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that market conditions favour a stronger beef price than is currently being offered...
Beef
Beef kill: Highest weekly throughput of cows so far
Last week’s beef kill witnessed the highest weekly throughput of cows to date this year, according to figures from the...
Beef
Beef kill: High demand and tighter supplies of cattle
The number of beef cattle processed at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) factories has fallen for the...
Beef
Beef kill: Farmers cull 25,500 extra cows to date this year
Analysis of the most recent beef kill figures shows that over 25,500 additional cows have been culled by both dairy...
Beef Technical
Beef carcass weights, grades and fat-class averages for 2021
The average beef carcass weights of steers, heifers, cows and young bulls all witnessed a decrease in 2021, according to...
Beef
Beef kill: Factory throughput 65,000 cattle ahead of 2021
The total number of cattle processed to date this year is running 65,280 cattle (excluding veal) ahead of last year,...
