Heavy Angus and Hereford selling to €5.30/kg flat
Quotes for bullocks and heifers up 15-20c/kg over the last three-four weeks – but gap to UK is still 79-84c/kg
The traditional pen of bullocks class winners at Kanturk, owned by Jeremiah Lehane, included this 765kg March 2023-born steer, which sold for €1,960. Photo: Denis Boyle
In response my description of farmers’ attempts to drive up factory prices as being like climbing the Himalayas, one factory agent phoned me to over the weekend to tell me, “you’re out of the foothills at €5.00/kg”.
Technically he is correct once you add on the 20c/kg quality assurance bonus to bases of €4.80 and €4.85/kg for bullocks and heifers respectively.
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