Beef markets: Prices wind back with the clocks
Five Hereford cross bullocks born March '21 average weight 571 kilos sold for €1,350 each in Macroom Mart. Photo O'Gorman Photography.
The finishers of beef animals for the factories may be excused for the feeling that more than the clocks have reverted to 'old time' from the beginning of the month as the prices tighten.
Most of the intake of steers for this week is on a base of 450 cents/kg, with the factories reporting supply more than adequate to meet their requirements for a market under pressure to find customers for the more expensive cuts.
