Beef cattle prices stabilise in line with year-on-year supply  reduction

Beef market report

At Skibbereen Mart last Friday, this Hereford bull calf (22 days old) sold for €415.

Beef prices at factories have stabilised at the reduced levels generally paid in recent weeks.

Strong resistance by finishers to price cuts was felt by processors trying to source cattle, resulting in an easing off in their drive to cut prices further.