Angus and Hereford top demand for beef trade

Topping the trade are both Angus and Hereford, such is the level of consumer demand for beef from these breeds at present.

Six March '22 born Angus cross bullocks, averaging 555kg, which sold for €1,490 each a couple of weeks ago in Macroom Mart. Picture: O'Gorman Photography.

Demand for well-finished cattle at the factories has hit a level that few within the trade anticipated with any reasonable measure of confidence.

Finishers are reporting a scale of demand from the factories for cattle this week, such that they have not experienced for some time.