Beef prices tighten for fourth week in a row as quotes are issued to suppliers

Beef prices tighten for fourth week in a row as quotes are issued to suppliers

Five Limousin cross bullocks born June '21 average weight 413 kilos sold for €1,150 each in Macroom Mart. Photo: O'Gorman Photography.

The skies have darkened over the beef sector this week as gloomy clouds rolled in from a few different directions to take some of the shine off the trade for the finished cattle going into the factories.

The downturn in the quoted prices for stock by the processors continued for the fourth consecutive week as quotes were issued to suppliers on Monday, taking another slice off the prices.

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