Marginal increase in prices

Marts: The increase in prices at the factories was marginal, amounting to a fraction of 1p/lb for last week‘s kill.

While prices improved by up to 1p/lb for R3 bullocks at some factories, the improvement in the overall average was 1 cent/kg - about one-third p/lb - with the average paid for R3 heifers improved by just over 0.5p/lb.

Prices paid for R3 bullocks averaged just under 89p/lb. Carrigans of Donegal continued to pay the highest average at 93.2p/lb with Duffys of Gort, AIBP at Clones and Cahir, paying an average of 90p/lb and prices at AIBP at Nenagh and Dawn Meats at Midleton averaging just under 90p/lb.