Agri-Business
ICSA Beef chair John Cleary said: "The CSO is now showing a 24.5% collapse in cattle slaughterings in July alone."
Beef
Between January and April 2025, cattle slaughterings grew by 0.5% when compared with the same period in 2024 according to the CSO
Beef Technical
Figures on the national beef kill, released by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Cattle slaughterings increased by 15.4% in June compared to the same month in 2019, according to the latest figures from the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughtered in November 2019 decreased by 5.1% when compared to November 2018, according to the CSO.
The number of cattle slaughtered in October 2019 decreased by 1.3% when compared to October 2018, according to the CSO.
A backlog of almost 60,000 head of cattle remains in the system, following the events of the summer and autumn, according to Joe Burke.
Approximately 70,000 less cattle were slaughtered over the past two months than last year, according to Bord Bia's Joe Burke.
Beef finishers are beginning to witness some flexibility when it comes to negotiating deals with factories this week, as many try to secure stocks for the peak Christmas period.
Beef cattle supplies showed some signs of tightening last week with supplies dropping below 30,000, figures from the Department show.
There was a slight increase in the number of cattle slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved beef export plants last week.
There has been no movement in cattle prices this week, as most of the major processors have maintained prices at last week's level.
