There is a more positive feel to the beef trade this week with quotes holding steady and demand very solid.
Agents are actively sourcing cattle again and a good weather forecast for the next week will mean there shouldn’t be any shock to the system to change any prices.
Bullocks are working off a base of €4.60/kg to €4.65/kg with heifers working off a base price of €4.65/kg to €4.70/kg.
Forward store cattle have also taken an upward turn in marts with Northern Ireland based buyers back in force after a few weeks out of action.
Cows are also in demand with well-fleshed U grading cows fetching €4.50/kg in some factories this week.
Last week’s kill came in at just over 34,000, over 1,300 head back on the same week in 2022. There are 40,000 fewer cattle killed so far in 2023 compared to 2022.
