Improved cow trade may be good omen for the prime beef market

Beef market report

At Macroom Mart last Saturday, two Charolais heifers born November 2019 and January 2020, which weighed 355kg and sold for €785.

Beef prices continue relatively stable at the factories, but with some downward tweaking.

Heifer prices, which are usually at a premium of up to 10 cents/kg over steer prices, continue at parity with steer prices, and weekly reporting by the Department of Agriculture on actual prices paid has revealed a decline in the national average base prices.