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Robson99 · 20-11-2025 08:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004670#Comment_124004670

There is no obsession. I'm just stating what I am seeing. € 7.50 is as good as what I can get. There are some on here that wouldnt be happy with € 10/kg

grass10 · 20-11-2025 09:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004733#Comment_124004733

Last week grid was 7.60 approx yet if you look at the rag tonight you will see large numbers of even o grade steers and heifers were paid out over 8 euro that's the real paid prices, this week under 30 steers and heifers stores are after going up rapidly in price in some marts i suspect for feb/March finish the numbers are not there no matter how much spin is being put out by all media outlets

epfff · 20-11-2025 10:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004935#Comment_124004935

Can someone that can offer this over 8 euro please contact me.

Have cattle will travel

Robson99 · 20-11-2025 11:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004935#Comment_124004935

The only figures printed that i believe to be true in the rag is the date and the price of it

Bass Reeves · 20-11-2025 11:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124004935#Comment_124004935

At 7.6 base and O= grading AA are at 7.82 with a 20c AA bonus. Larger local suppliers were getting 8 flat locally last week, they are on the grid at 7.6 this week.

Add to that AIBP and Kepak you have there early slaughter bonuses for certain spec cattle which is another 20c/kg even if the base 7.5 an O= is 7.92. Add as well some contracted cattle being killed well in excess of 8/kg. Rumours is some contracts given out in September were up towards 9/ kg

Very hard at present to get a Fr to grade O most gone back into P grade. When all.us said and done all that is immaterial to tge average small supplier it 7.4/ kg take it or leave it.

kk.man · 21-11-2025 09:49AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124005102#Comment_124005102

That's very true with contracted cattle and they piled those contractors up, it was almost like writing a blank cheque for them.

Impossible now to get a Friesian into an O grade except when you go flat and all of a sudden they magically appear.

In essence small operators are filling the barons pockets.

HHH · 21-11-2025 11:48AM

The grid is an absolute scam. Any time I sell at flat rates I'm shocked at the grades Vs when on the grid.

grass10 · 21-11-2025 12:45PM

When the rag is published next week I suspect we'll still see lots of o grades avg payment still at 8 or above imo large numbers of factory owned cattle being processed which were purchased in September they are only operating 3/4 days as the cattle are not there, I suspect they are only getting small numbers at official grid quotes

Bass Reeves · 21-11-2025 08:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124006241#Comment_124006241

The Rag only show selected FS ususll 3+ and 2+.

3+ woukd have a lot of the well finished feedlot cattle. 2+ would be a mixture off flat rate and mart purchased cattle.

The average base guides show a lot of factories averaging base of 7.6 for steers and 7.7 for heifers. If you allow for AA,HE, ABP advantage and Kepak twenty20 club.

You woukd want to download the DFAM official price and drill through it.

Forget about what contracted cattle get we will never access those prices, larger regular suppliers will be 10-30c/kg ahead of us depending on how often they supply and if they can be depended on to have a double at short notice if procurement agent is stuck for cattle.

Christmas kill will be slowing from next week on. Processors have not eaten into contracted cattle yet. They ate happy with a kill of over 30ka d it will stay at or above that for a while

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