Water John wrote: » Wrangler the point Bass was making is that the link you posted is an article dated todayhttps://www.independent.ie/business/farming/beef/beef-prices/beef-prices-quotes-steady-as-factories-insist-virus-is-nothing-we-cant-handle-39029230.html?fbclid=IwAR1HaJbTWGCGVk-gu-4eKGRkfsguqOd_5jPfmYmpoWGV98-RN0yPzfpO77M
March 12 2020 02:30 AM
BENDYBINN wrote: » Are people on here for real? Supermarket shelves stripped bare of all types of beef.....demand unprecedented Prices will only go one way and that’s up.. Farmers will be doing well to keep factories supplied.
MIKEKC wrote: » People are all stocked up, so won't need any more for a while. Why should prices go up?
BENDYBINN wrote: » Yea all the shops are going to be empty tomorrow....everyone is all stocked up......the government should hire you!!
MIKEKC wrote: » Crowds much smaller today, must be all stocked up. No improvement in cattle prices for next week
Cavanjack wrote: » I hear Bulls are back 10 cent from last week. This is the start of it.
blue5000 wrote: » All the lads that left the shed empty this winter can feel happy so.
Water John wrote: » Well the cattle have to be somewhere?
Panch18 wrote: » McDonalds are closing all Irish outlets tomorrow Biggest purchaser Of beef in Ireland I believe This can’t be good for beef price
TooOldBoots wrote: » By the time this virus is gone we will be facing into more Brexit uncertainty. This should mean Beef will be on its knees again by the end of the Summer
RightTurnClyde wrote: » McDonalds UK aswell 1270 outlets. Not good
Bass Reeves wrote: » It hard to know what way food consumption will go. Fishing fleets are in port as at last auction fish were making less than the diesel cost to catch. All the talk is burger consumption will decline McD's closing and no burger after the Saturday soccer match. No steaks because restaurants closed. Question is what will replace all these proteins. Chicken??. There is s lot of that sold by fast food joints and ready cooked out of Chinese and deli's in shops/supermarket's. However most of that comes from Thailand. I think beef will hold its own. Supermarkets will not replace chicken on shelves sourced from EU farms with Asian product. Chinese demand for pork and chicken will raise again as crisis seems to be over there at present. If fish remains scarce beef should at least hold it own. Steaks are no longer expensive in shops. Pubs closed. Bolanaise on Tuesday, a couple of steaks on Thursday, Roast on Sunday as no trip to the shops or Grandparents, and leftover's on Monday or for sannies during the week. There might even be s bit for the dog or cat.
K.G. wrote: » In the last recession, the cheap meat got dear and the dear meet got cheap.by that i mean people when they have little money will buy the cheaper type of meat so i think it will all come down to price per kilo.if chicken is the cheapest it will boom but if beef is the dearest it will get cheaper.i m not sure which is the most expensive to the consumer but iknow that beef is the most expensive to produce here.beef farmers are making nothing at 3.60 a kilo where as the break even for pigs is around half that or less.google tells me chicken is around 1.70 a kilo.so reading from that the outlook mightn't be great.it all depends on how much effect this has on the world economy.the truth is i dont have a bulls notion how all this is going to pan out though
kk.man wrote: » The price around the ring better fall now... It will be the biggest wake up in Spring Marts in a number of years. Oil now trading at 25 usd a barrel.
Bass Reeves wrote: » In a normal recession people have way less money to spend. Admittedly I am only looking at the short term. In the short term a lot people will be working from home spending less on diesel and on latte's. Government's are paying larger income supports, no pubs and no social gathering. It interesting that at present you cannot buy flour in shop's. Is this because people are so badly off they have to do there own baking. With more time on there hands and more mini for alot of people buying decent food may be the luxury they choose