Dawn secures rise on beef exports
The company already have a market in Italy for under-12 months beef to which they have been supplying about one load per week, but this is expected to increase three to four-fold over the coming summer months provided that adequate supplies of the required quality of young beef can be sourced.
John Neville, procurement manager at Dawn Meats, Midleton, confirmed that they are offering up to 100p/lb for under-12 months beef to supply the market and they are interested in hearing from producers who have supplies or expect to have supplies over the summer.
"We have a market now in Italy which will take three to four times what we have been selling there, provided that we can get enough of the right quality animals to fill the order," he said.
The requirement for the market is for bulls and heifers of R3 grade or better in the weight range of 200kg kill out for heifers and about 250kg kill out for the bulls.
Lamb prices have steadied at the factories with an improvement of a few cents/kg (1p/lb) at some of the processors yesterday.
The base price on offer is 454-465 cents/kg (162p-166p/lb).
Some producers are reported to be getting deals for up to 170p/lb Supplies of New Zealand lamb are being offered in France at very competitive prices.
Lamb prices in the marts have also come back by up to 15/head.
