Organisation: Carrigans

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28 most efficient farmers are Origin Green finalists

Bord Bia has shortlisted the 28 most efficient farmer members of its Beef and Dairy Sustainability Assurance Schemes.

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Marginal increase in prices

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Factories’ beef price recovery stalls

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Beef prices bottom out for season

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Beef prices continue to fall

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Decline in beef prices continues

Bullock prices continue to decline

Marts: Fewer factories paid over 94p/lb for R3 bullocks while most of the factories maintained the price for O grade bullocks over 90p/lb for last week’s kill with overall average prices continuing a gradual decline.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2004

More factories paying under 90p/lb

There was an increase in the number of factories which paid less than 90p/lb (252 cent/kg) for cattle last week, with heifers worst hit, while the pace of drop in price for R grade animals eased.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2004

Heifers breach 90p/lb benchmark

Marts: Factory prices for O grade heifers have breached the 90p/lb benchmark , the trigger point at which producer reaction is likely to be sparked, resisting the latest cut in price.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

Downward price slide easing

THE downward slide in beef prices has eased at the factories, with quality heifers showing a marginal recovery for last week, and the average fall in bullock prices easing to the smallest weekly decline in more than a month.

Thu, 12 Aug, 2004

Poorer grades hit by lower prices

Marts: Prices for O grade bullocks fared worst at the factories, dropping up to 2p/lb, as the slide in prices continued last week with lower returns to producers for all grades.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2004

Factories paying less to beef producers

Marts: Factories reduced the prices paid to producers for beef by 1p-2p/lb, ending weeks of speculation as to when the upward spiral on returns to beef farmers would come to an end.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2004

Spiral in beef prices slowing down

Martin Ryan

Thu, 27 May, 2004

Prices improve for R3 bullocks

Marts: Thirteen factories paid an average of 99p/lb or better for their supply of R3 bullocks last week, of which three topped the 100p/lb, as prices overall improved by a further 0.5p/lb.

Thu, 20 May, 2004

National average prices unchanged

Marts: Although a number of factories paid up to 0.5p/lb more for R3 bullocks, the national average was unchanged last week for the first time in several weeks.

Thu, 13 May, 2004

Beef prices continue upward spiral

Marts: Beef prices have continued the upward spiral adding a further 3 cents/kg (1p/lb) to pay a top price of 102p/lb for R3 grade bullocks last week.

Thu, 22 Apr, 2004

R grade prices hit eight-year high

Prices for R grade cattle have hit 100p/lb at the factories — the highest March price paid for beef by processors in eight years.

Thu, 01 Apr, 2004

Factory bullock prices strengthen

A top factory price of 99p/lb was paid for R grade bullocks as prices across the country strengthened at the factories, following the dip in supplies last week.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2004

Beef price increases slow down

Marts: The rate of increase in beef prices at the factories slowed down over the past week, as supplies increased, and the processors tightened on the returns paid to producers.

Thu, 04 Mar, 2004

Beef prices steady for quality grades

BEEF prices at the factories held steady last week for the quality grades, but the poorer grading bullocks were weaker by an average of 1p/lb.

Thu, 15 Jan, 2004

Prices’ soft landing continues

BEEF prices at the factories are continuing a pattern of soft landings with a further slight easing in returns to producers this past week.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2003

Prices for cows and bullocks remain stable

Marts: The overall strength in the trade for good-quality heifers was the dominant feature of the factory trade for last week.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

Beef prices trend eases in returns

Marts: The trend in beef prices at the factories was for a slight easing in returns to producers last week according to the farmer pay sheet analysis.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2003

Beef producers secure steady prices

Marts: Producers continued to secure rock-steady prices for beef at the factories last week, despite the rise of nearly 4,000 head in throughput.

Thu, 07 Aug, 2003

Bullock prices easing slightly

Marts - The average price for heifers was 3 cents/kg (1p/lb) ahead of bullocks at the factories last week as bullock prices eased back very slightly compared to the previous week.

Thu, 31 Jul, 2003

Beef prices stay rock steady

BEEF prices remained rock steady at most factories last week returning an average to producers slightly above the quoted prices for the week.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2003

Beef heifer prices remain strong

Beef heifers stayed firm at the factories, with improved prices for quality stock, in last week’s kill at the processing centres, while bullock prices were generally easier.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2003

Further slide in lamb prices

Marts: The marginal improvement in lamb prices at the factories on Tuesday was wiped out threefold in another bad day’s trading for producers yesterday.

Thu, 26 Jun, 2003

Slight slippage in factory prices

THERE was further slight slippage in the prices paid by factories to producers for beef last week with the averages down by around 0.5p/lb to 1p/lb and the fall registering across the scale of grades and factories from the highest paying to the weakest payers.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2003