Beef price drop reaches live trade

Marts: The drop in beef prices over the past two weeks is now being passed on in the live trade at the marts where there was an easier all-round tone at most of the sales yesterday.

Plain Friesian type double punched forward store bullocks proved more difficult to sell as prices fell back to €/kg and weanling prices have eased for both bulls and heifers at the marts heifer prices feeling the pinch of pressure more than bulls.

Numbers of cattle were up at the marts yesterday with entries more likened to normal for early October than mid-September in a year of excellent weather.