AIBP pays top beef price increases

Marts: AIBP paid out the largest increase in beef prices, with improvements of up to 1.6p/lb, while at the highest-paying processor in the country, Donegal Meats, prices slipped back slightly for last week’s kill.

Four AIBP factories - Rathkeale, Nenagh, Bandon and Waterford - improved the average price paid for R4L bullocks by between 1.6p/lb (Rathkeale) and 1.1p/lb (Waterford), which brought the group average up to par with the national average of 107.5p/lb.

The farmer pay sheet returns from the highest individual factory price within the group was almost 108p/lb at Clones and the lowest was just over 107p/lb at Rathkeale.