Irish beef market 'appears much stronger than had been expected'
It is rare but it does appear that both the processors and the finishers have been caught off guard this year-end.
Beef prices at the factories are continuing to move upwards this week being driven by demand which is heading for an all-time record finish to 2024 for the finishers.
Across the country another 10 cents/kg has been added to the factory prices pushing the return on Angus and Hereford above €6/kg, giving a return which, just a short time ago, the breeders and finishers could only have dreamed about ever being paid.
