Supply and demand aligns making price cuts difficult for processors
A Hereford cross bullock born in April 2020 and weighing 525kg sold for €1,060 at a sale in Dungarvan Mart e.arlier this week Picture: O'Gorman Photography.
Beef finishers have become accustomed to the seasonal downward pressure on prices each autumn as the supply of cattle increases to its annual peak intake at the processing plants.
In very simple terms, those who finish cattle for sale to the meat plants are very familiar with the numbers of cattle available for the factories dictating the movement in the price which they are being paid.
