IFA says Irish beef price stagnant versus UK rises

Beef sales in the UK were up 4.11% in the 12 weeks to mid-September, but Irish factory prices have not budged, the IFA has claimed.

IFA president Eddie Downey said the figures illustrate our main market in the UK performed strongly on both volume sales and retail price in recent months, which coincided with the 30c/kg increase in UK cattle prices and the widening of the gap between here and the UK to €350 per head.

He said there was no justification for the meat factories to continue to withhold higher market returns to beef farmers.