Declining kill forcing factories to raise prices
This lot of 15-month-old bulls were fed on an ad lib home ration of barley, beans, wheat, oats, silage and molasses. Four of them weighing 380-400kg made €2000/hd at the factory last week. Photo: Roger Jones
Things have got a bit tricky on the cattle front for the factories. Weekly kill numbers have receded from around 37,000-38,000 a month ago to 34,202 for the week ending March 10.
The factories still like to give the impression that they are in the box seat, but control of pricing has moved decidedly in the farmers’ favour.
