Live cattle exports down 16%

LIVE cattle exports up to the end of November were running 16% or 38,000 head behind last year at 204,000 head, Bord Bia has disclosed in its weekly market monitor.

Issues such as rising feed costs, lower cattle prices and disease related movement restrictions were stated to have affected trade levels in 2007.

“The main fall this year has been in calf exports, which were 22% lower at 87,000 head up to the end of November.