Beef
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The Irish heifer kill was dominated by U, R and O-grade animals during the month of June. Of the total heifer kill, these animals accounted for 87% of supplies or just over 36,660 head.
After a period of sitting below Irish R3 heifer prices have risen to be 2.2c/kg higher than the EU average, figures from the LMC show.
The price difference between Irish and Northern Irish heifers has increased in recent weeks, figures from the LMC show.
Heifer prices in Northern Ireland are continuing slide and the North has now dropped to fourth place on the EU deadweight heifer price league table.
The heifer price gap between the Republic and the North has narrowed to less than 10c/kg, the latest update of the LMC's EU league table shows.
For the week ending February 2, 2016, the average R3 heifer price in the Republic of Ireland was 398.1c/kg, back 0.5c/kg from the 398.6c/kg paid in the week ending January 10.
There was little change in the Irish heifer price for the week ending January 31, 2016 compared to the week ending January 3.
The beef price gap between the North and the Republic narrowed again last week, figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show.
After months of retaining the number one spot on the LMC's R3 heifer price league table, Britain has been knocked off the top by Sweden.
The North/south heifer price differential narrowed to 25.7c/kg for the week ending January 10, 2016, figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show.
The average R3 heifer price in the Republic of Ireland for the week ending January 3, 2016 was 398.9c/kg, according to the LMC.
Ireland is back in fifth on the EU deadweight heifer price league table, up from seventh from the corresponding period last month.
The North/south heifer price differential remains over 50c/kg, latest figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show.
Ireland is back in fifth place on the EU heifer price league table, moving up from seventh place last month, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC).
The latest EU deadweight R3 heifer price league table puts the Republic of Ireland in sixth place and 3.5c/kg above the average EU price.
Ireland has dropped to eight on the EU deadweight heifer price league table, the latest figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show.
Ireland has jumped into sixth place on the EU deadweight heifer price league table after overtaking Italy.
Ireland continues to hold seventh place on the Livestock and Meat Commission's (LMC) EU deadweight heifer price league table.
For the week ending October 25, 2015 the average R3 heifer price in Ireland was 393.7c/kg, just 1.3c/kg above the EU average.
The average Irish R3 heifer price is back 9.2c/kg from the 400.3c/kg paid in the week ending September 20, 2015, the latest figures from the LMCshow.
For the week ending October 11, 2015 the average R3 heifer price in the Republic was 390.3c/kg; some 2.1c/kg below the EU average price, the LMC has said.
The Republic of Ireland has dropped two places to seventh on the EU deadweight cattle prices league table, figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show.
