Irish Beef Prices Rising as Supplies Tighten
IRELAND - IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said that cattle supply numbers have tightened considerably in the last few days with some factories out of cattle last Thursday/Friday and struggling to get adequate supplies for the kill this week. He said prices have kicked on with farmers insisting on price increases of up to 10c/kg.
14 December 2016
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Mr Woods said flat prices of €4.00 and €4.05/kg have been paid for Angus stock. In addition he said farmers are bargaining and getting flat prices on O grade stock and over 30 month cattle.
The IFA Livestock leader said the base price on the QPS for steers has also moved up with €3.75/kg now more common and €3.85 for heifers. He said cows prices have also kicked on by up to 10c/kg.
In the UK, Mr Woods said the price has moved on with the AHDB reporting the R3 steer price up another 2p/kg at £3.63/kg, which is equivalent to €4.54/kg. He said with the increase in the British price and the exchange rate at less than 84p/€, there was significant scope for the factories to increase prices.
Mr Woods said against a more positive market background farmers should dig in hard and demand strong price increases from agents and factories. He said farmers selling cattle out of sheds need a substantial price rise at this time.
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