Beef Market: The start of the pre-Christmas kill is just around the corner
Three Angus cross bullocks born March ’20 average weight 515 kilos sold for €1,000 each at a sale in Macroom Mart. Photo O'Gorman Photography.
The processors rein on the higher prices for beef has at their factories has tightened as the supply chain continues to deliver a good intake.
The intake in recent weeks steadied at a point that was within the comfort zone for the processors to relieve any pressure to source cattle. But the kill of around 36,000 head per week was not secure enough to allow for a price cut and take the risk of producers opting to hold back finished cattle.
