Highest GB weekly beef cattle price rise in six years

Prime beef cattle prices in Great Britain rose 7.7p last week, the largest week-on-week gain in six years.

With half of Ireland’s beef going to the UK, it should be good news. However, our beef shipments to the UK are falling. This trend continued in March, when the UK’s imports were down 8% year-on-year, to 23,500 tonnes.