Top quality bullock/heifer base price hits €6.75/kg
Signs that prices may be getting slightly stronger for some sellers Niall Conaty from Coratober, Co Cavan, with…
Mart prices fall for lighter cattle as confidence weakens
The biggest fall in prices on the bullock side came among the Friesians under 500kg’. Photo: Roger Jones…
From packed pubs to €33k heifers: The rural phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of
Packed pubs, sold-out hotels, a run on steak, €1.5m spent on weanling heifers to a top of €33,500……
Quality still making big money in the west as mart prices drop elsewhere
‘When it comes to feed conversion and kill-out, the purer-bred continental is a better proposition for beef finishers…
Winter finishers banking on factory prices to rise as over-500kg continentals soar by 33c/kg in marts
Marts ‘Once you went over 500kg, prices for continentals rocketed’. Photo: Gerry Faughnan The Ploughing was blamed for…
Factories pull beef price quotes again despite declining supplies
‘Total cattle throughput in Department-approved facilities is expected to reach 1.7 million head by the end of…