Mart Price Tracker

11. Mixed bag of hex, aax and fr

Most lads are getting really carried away with this so called scarcity of cattle look at any mart and I don't see any small marts anywhere, if by year end we slaughter 100 k less cattle that's only 2000 per week for the whole year. During the winter on any given week whether their is 30k or 32k or 34k per week processed it will still mean the barons will be in control, we are after approx 25k per week for the last 2 months which is very small numbers and yet their was plenty farmers selling for 7.50 base price and lower anyone that bargained sold for over 8 euro, what do farmers think factories are going to pay when the kill will be 33k per week the barons won't pay what they were forced to pay this spring and summer

I keep saying it, but what happens numbers wise within Ireland has very little effect on prices here. We export 90% of our Beef, so international supply & demand is the real driver of prices here.

the guys in house next door are all working in abp and are now on a 3 day week ,a lot of their comrades that can leave are looking for other jobs and the story going around is that some plants are going to close to shove cattle to other plants to keep the work force in place in those factories .

Given alot of them lads are working of visas with guaranteed yearly wage of 33k having to be paid going of memory, is Larry and Co charging them extra rent when their on 3 day weeks to recoup overpaying them for the days not worked

Cattle seems to be back in the marts today anyone else think so

Yep 100%....prices well back on what I was getting for similar stock 4/6 weeks ago

I let some off but I'm thinking I'll just hold the rest from now on...I might keep them till after Xmas and buy a few less replacements at high money.....see how I go....I was offloading as they came fit so I'm not stuck for grass and I have the shed space

I was just thinking the main people to really benefit from this might finally be the ones that deserve it most imo the suckler men calving cows...I'm buying to fatten...the prices I was getting were saucy, the prices I'm going to have to give to replace (if I replace) feel even saucier....so might reduce what I'm buying and reduce the risk...a lot depends on what level I see prices settle at to....I need a margin too and I need to try reduce risk

Tbh I hope the Factories get a scutching and are forced to bring quotes back up but time will tell

If the could do it the best power farmers have is to hold on to stock...but we don't work together...and there's a whole load of levers/factors to take autonomy away in that regard (Im looking at you 30 month limit etc)

Depends on the shape of them as well. I would possibly go 3:1. The light one might actually make more per kg.

it don’t make sense saw three nice lmx maybe one U two good Rs 490 kgs 2460 they will be standing in you yard well over 2,500 probably looking near enough to 3k out in grass next may and we won’t include labour or risk but leave them kill 440. @7.50next back end that’s 3,300 just to give a figure obviously no one knows but off them figures there’s is no profit for huge risk and investment