Why beef prices are not falling anytime soon

Looking beyond 2026, Rupert Claxton, meat and livestock director at consultancy GIRA, said he believed beef prices should stay strong
Why beef prices are not falling anytime soon

'The reality is that we’re tight, not just for beef supply globally, but for all meat.'

High beef prices are not a short-term blip, according to Rupert Claxton, meat and livestock director at GIRA, a consultancy that provides strategic expertise and analysis for the global meat and livestock industry.

"These prices are here, maybe not to stay exactly the same level, but they are going to stay at a profitable level into the mid-term”, he told Teagasc Beef Edge podcast host Catherine Egan.

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