THE decline in beef prices at factories has eased to its lowest level in almost three months, confirming prices have struck base line, while the cull cow trade improves.

CATTLE farmers, led by IFA President John Dillon, mounted a protest against price cuts by the meat factories at the head offices of the country’s largest processor, the Allied Irish Beef Processors (AIBP) group of Goodman Plants, in Ardee, Co Louth yesterday.