Prices slipping for plainer Holstein-Friesian bullocks

While the mart trade this week is relatively stable — and improved for factory types in some places — there is no disguising the fact that the lighter plainer 350 to 450 kg Friesian/Holstein type bullock is slipping.

An example of what I mean were the 11 Friesian bullocks of plainer quality that weighted 422 kilos and just scraped into €600 at a southern mart this week.

Yet, half a dozen “better made” Friesians of 435 kilos came into €735 at the same sale.