Beef
Factory quotes: How are the winter beef finishers faring?
This week’s factory quotes have strengthened a notch at some sites and held at others, as price quotes are now...
Steer Price
Beef
Beef price trends echoing last year but will uplift continue?
This weeks factory quotes have seen beef prices rise again for all types of cattle, and despite weekly kills being...
Beef
Factory quotes: Beef price continues in positive direction
This weeks factory quotes have seen beef prices continue to move in a positive direction with further price increases seen...
Beef Technical
Factory quotes: Beef prices for the first week of 2022
With last year’s beef trade wrapping up on a more positive note than had been seen in the sector in...
Beef
Factory quotes: Prime Angus cattle remain out in front
Cattle quotes remain in a good position this week, but despite much optimism among farmers of another factory price rise...
Beef
Beef price: 'Stand on' is the line from factories this week
Factory quotes for beef cattle this week seem to be in a firm position from the farmer’s perspective, with procurement...
Beef
Beef kill: Numbers dip slightly as cattle price edges up
The number of beef cattle processed in factories approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) last...
Beef
Factory quotes: No move in base price but 'top ups' available
Factory beef processors are extremely reluctant to move base price forward and are – generally speaking – holding quotes at...
Beef Technical
Beef kill: Weekly numbers dip slightly driving price rise
Last week’s overall beef kill witnessed a slight dip in the number of cattle processed when compared to the previous...
Beef
Beef trade: Prices begin to move with heifers out in front
Factory beef quotes have slowly begun to move upwards this week with at least one processor moving quotes forward by...
Beef
Buyer activity reflects trade confidence at Kingscourt Mart
Cattle-buyer activity at Kingscourt Mart’s weekly cattle sale (Thursday, September 9) suggests that the general consensus among farmers is that...
Beef
November steer prices drop to a three-year low
The price Irish farmers were paid for steers during the month of November was the lowest in three years, figures...