Factory quotes largely unchanged as agents ‘buy out’ all the beef they can get at marts
The general run of quotes for bullocks ranges from €5.10-5.15/kg with heifers on €5.15-5.20/kg
The Hereford champion at the Kilkenny March bull sale last week was Grianan Aone by T&A Fitzgerald, Westmeath. Born in August 2022, he sold for €4,100. Photo: Roger Jones
With Good Friday taking place this week and Easter Monday being a bank holiday, I had one farmer express the opinion that as factories have been forced to put up their prices due to numbers beginning to drop, the “last thing sellers wanted was a break in play”.
With numbers further reduced to 33,614 for the week ending March 17, factory agents last week were seen to “buy out” all the beef they could at the country’s marts in the hope of holding prices to their direct suppliers.
