Cows the strongest sector in unsettled 2021 beef cattle market

Beef market report

At Macroom Mart last Saturday, five Hereford steers, born February 2019, which weighed 463kg and sold for €860.

Beef price trends continued steady at factories this week, albeit with an element of uncertainty gaining some ground.

The kill remained stable, at 31,211 head for last week, around 4,500 head lower than the corresponding week in 2020.