Beef Report: Difficult for finishers to get much above 420c per kg for steers

Heavy rainfall means more farmers are expected to reduce their stocking levels

The male champion at an AXA Agri Insurance sponsored weanling show and sale in Skibbereen Mart owned by Donal Murphy, Baltimore was a Charolais bull born February '21 weighing 430 kilos which sold for €1,260. Photo O'Gorman Photography.

There is an overall steady tone to the beef trade at the factories this week with both the finishers and the processors continuing to hold their ground.

While the officially quoted prices are unchanged there is a feeling that the processors are moving to tighten their rein on paying above their quoted prices to the same degree as over the recent weeks.