Slight increases for beef

Marts: While the upward trend in beef prices has been maintained, the pace of the increase has eased at the factories where average prices improved by 1-2c/kg last week.

Slight increases for beef

There was very little movement in the higher prices paid by the processors, leaving most of the gains from an improvement in returns from the lower-paying plants.

Nevertheless, the farmer pay sheet returns show margins of up to 21c/kg (7p/lb) between the factories for similar grade stock — in excess of €1,000 on a load of cattle — to be gained or lost, depending on where the animals are sold.

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