Beef price tracker 2

Straight from the parlour. Lads buying in the mart and taking straight for slaughter. Some of these buyers will manage to get fairly good flat prices on cows. Have heard it commented over a few time over the last month. A 250kg DW cows @4.5/ kg 1125 euro. Some lads absolutely cleaned up buying those cows and carrying them straight to the factory. If a farmer rocked up with them cows the be lucky if they were not told they were put in the skip.

3 friesian bullocks in mart on Tuesday, the best of them was 1050kg,he sold for €2450.they were may 19', the seller was non qa, as friesians go, they were good cattle, what would he have made in the factory

It's always been the same at this time of the year mainly due to feckin flies and cows going down with mastitis.

I could guarantee you if you look at the Dairy sales in supermarkets they would show a similar trend but we dont see milk price being pulled back. You are comparing a Covid lock down period where demand ex supermarkets soared to a non covid lockdown period where demand ex QSR/Food service has soared. People are out and about and spending, you only have to look at the Airport on the news every weekend to see this. I think people are going to have the summer they want and it will be later in the year when they curtail spending which may result in a pull back in QSR demand/Food service and hopefully a pick up in retail again.

It's like I forecasted, rheir margin is so reduced for the first six months that they'll do their damnedest now to haul it back, You see the same a bit with sheep when you get a good spring price with lambs.

The only thing that'll save us now is scarcity of cattle and resolve of farmers

Was talking to an agent yesterday he said any steers he bought last week were bought at 5,he said they are trying to buy at 4.90 this week he heard but he hadn’t spoken to the manager yet, he had cattle ready to go himself but he has grass so he is going to hold off for a few weeks

I also was talking to a man that does haulage, he said he never drew as many cattle this year to the factory that were underfinished,

R grade coloured cows @€4.80 in the south east this week

I sold three weeks ago...I was sorry I didn't move sooner but so delighted I did.. thanking my lucky stars.

An auld lad near me always says 'watch that June Bank holiday weekend'...he is so right.

Heard today on bbc news all be it said for the uk, that "some experts predict a record breaking heatwave to be prolonged"

Could be as far out as a lighthouse, but grass must be getting scarce on dry dairy farms.remember 18'

Just watched Castleisland 540kg AA made 1510. Not a lot of flesh on them.

That is a price of 5.2-5.5/kg at a weight of 280-290 kgs DW. Which is a base of 5-5.2/kg

I certainly hope there not at €4.70 next week, that would be some fall!! Looks like they are trying to pull the **** out of them and buying up in the mart to bridge the gap until lads will move at lower prices. If the drops continue the beef sector will go broke!!