Final beef push to UK before new year uncertainty

Beef market report

At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this Hereford bullock (32 months old) weighed 695kg and sold for €1,255.

The beef trade has uncertainty written all over it this week, with finishers and processors trying to hedge their bets on the eventual outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

Uncertainty may become confusion as to what the industry faces on New Year’s Day, with finishers particularly fearing they will ultimately take the brunt of whatever fall-out occurs after the UK leaves the EU single market and customs union on December 31.