Steadier trade for cull cows

Marts: Cull cow prices were steadier at the factories for last week’s kill and the scale of decline in prices for bullocks and heifers has eased.

Steadier trade for cull cows

The top price paid for R grade cows showed a gain of 2p/lb at a mean of 82p/lb paid by Liffey Meats, Ballyjamesduff for R4H cows, while the top price for O4 cows was 74p/lb at AIBP, Clones but the top price for poorer carcasses was back 1p/lb with the highest price for P+3 cows 72p/lb at Kepak, Clonee.

The decline in prices for bullocks and heifers eased with the mean for R4L down 5c/kg (1.8p/lb). The average paid by the major processing groups eased by 1.5p/lb to 2p/lb.

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