Uneasy calm and price stalemate after the storms in the beef market

At last Saturday's weanling show and sale in Scariff, Co Clare, the second prize winner, a Belgian Blue cross bull of 265kg that sold for €850 (€3.20/kg).

The trade for beef remained stable at the factories this week.

There’s a stalemate of finishers resisting price cut attempts by processors, in a battle to determine which side can hold out the longest.