Spring throughput expected to drop as more finish on grass
The average reported Irish R3 steer price as of a fortnight ago was €4.52/kg excluding VAT, which was down 27c/kg from mid-September 6.
Spring 2023 could be a "wake-up call" for beef processors, as more farmers opt to finish their stock on grass ICMSA Livestock Committee chairman Des Morrison has said.
"They are going to have to get their prices up to a level that gives farmers a margin after their inputs, and it’s going to take a lot for farmers to believe the factories will do that because we have been burned by them so many times before”, said Mr Morrison.
