Further factory price cuts on the cards as numbers keep coming

'The latest Department data shows that cull cows have reached 30pc of the overall weekly kill'. Photo: Roger Jones

Martin Coughlan

The confidence shown by beef processors over the last month in pulling prices shows little sign of waning.

With the weather continuing cool for the time of year and grass supplies failing to keep pace with on-farm demand, numbers presenting have risen, with the kill for the week ending June 30 reaching 31,819.