Beef trade: Autumn arrives with a decline in prices
Three April '21 born Belgian Blue bullocks born averaging 495 kilos sold for €1,200 each in Thurles Mart. Picture: O'Gorman Photography.
Autumn has really arrived over the past week, with the distinctive chill in the weather, accompanied by the usual seasonal decline in the beef prices at the factories kicking in to play once again.
Few things in life have as much certainty as the processors moving towards lowering beef prices each autumn as the intake numbers increase to or above their annual peak as the grass-finished cattle flow in.
