Thats effectively € 4.75 base .
Time to start looking for € 5 base .For starters !
Anyone following the English beef trade ? British Farming Forum reporting a big increase in fat cattle price particularly beef cows . Albeit from a lower base in 2023 than 2022 but it would indicate a significant increase in demand over there.
@Kk man the last thing the factories want to do is lift the base price at the minute. Some are giving €4.65 plus a 10 cent "suppliers bonus". They love the old close & mirrors stuff.
Numbers are small in marts between May and August so it's not as easy as just saying that was the time. You could have a lot of running and racing done. Plus IMO store cattle have been too dear for the past month. Can only see them coming back in price
After the calm....the storm.
The time to buy was 2-6 weeks ago. The market is the market. May to August cattle are always value
But they r not paying big monies only up 5c from the bottom and stores thru the roof. Makes no sense as usual.
Alot of cattle gone into sheds with the weather in the past 2 -3 weeks causing a bit of a shortage for the next weeks according to my agent.
Better weather and good grass growth should tighten up supply next week too
With the weather improving, people should hold and forget about this 30 months for awhile and see what will happen,but agents are ringing around looking for cattle
Everybody hold for a week or two
Heard of an agent looking for bullocks to bring up the north yesterday. €4.80 base
Bullocks freely making 4.65 for the week gone, south east
Things must be starting to favour the seller.a man from donegal came two & a half hours on a tractor with a trailer load of cattle to liffey bjd today.
Never seen as many fridge trailers moving about either.
Forgot them and often killed cows there.
Thanks for clarifying that. It’s a long ways from here!
Clohamon, just outside Bunclody, not Camolin. Camolin is Irish country meats and kill sheep.
Slaney meats, Camolin. A few miles north of Enniscorthy.
Is there a factory in Ennuscorthy?
Bullocks
Bullocks or Heifers?
€4.65 base in Enniscorthy today
That's 5c better than 2 weeks ago
€4:65 base price, heifers liffey bjd
The places back your way is there any delay getting them in?
Did is price improve?
Dawn meats will pay 20c bonus for Herefords if you have a load
What’s the going price in factory for next week? Had agent out 2 weeks ago looking at cattle but wouldn’t sell. He back onto me again saying 4.60 bullocks and 4.65 heifers plus 10c HE, journal has these both 5c more, is this been got?
I met a lad I know and he showed me lovely Ch bullocks of 550 kg that all cost €1650. He’s hoping to get them to 500kg carcass weight next summer. Fair stock. Very expensive hobby.
It's more than business for a lot it's a lifestyle choice, identity, prestige, hobby, addiction or some just know no different.
It’s serious money to have tied up in stock just to hold onto payments.
