Base prices rise up to 10 cents/kg as beef processors feel the pressure

There are some reports of a few cents/kg more being secured, particularly for heifers

The stock is needed to replenish a beef market that is demanding more Irish supply.

Beef finishers can't be blamed this week for feeling a bit like the country's shoppers being lectured by a supermarket group telling them that "every little helps" as a means of soliciting their custom at the check-out till.

Beef processors have decided to offer their suppliers of stock a little more to encourage them to part with their finished animals sooner rather than later.