Cow prices cut as much as 10c but beef trade steady in general

Beef market report

At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this Charolais bull born March 2020 weighed 450kg and sold for €880.

The trade at factories for prime beef animals is steady but the weakening market for cows is noted with some concern by finishers.

While October has passed without any significant easing in the prices paid for steers, heifers and young bulls, neither was there any positive response from processors to finishers’ demands for higher prices.