Huge prices for 450 to 600kg stores

THE beef trade continued ‘steady as she goes’ this week, as factories resumed slaughtering after the Easter week-end.

The fall off in the supply of cattle to the plants appears to have ceased, with indicators from some areas of the country that numbers of cattle on offer to processors are increasing slightly.

Demand for beef on the continent has eased a little again, and the net result is that factories appeared less interested in paying much over quoted prices this week for cattle, and are, in effect, moving to reduce the cost of supplies.