Beef price tracker 2

Maybe that might be a way as a form of PROTEST renage on mass on the tax bill. Then see the barons who supported FFG in the 80s and 90s by way of corporate donations see whats its like. Then we might see a competition authority who has teeth? The farmers journal week pricing guide is an absolute joke.

Nothing hurts a baron like a politician with a vengeance they didn't kick their a%<"as hard enough for all those years.

For me it looks about a euro a bale extra, so 7-10 euro an acre.

Its gard to know all right

https://www.bordbia.ie/farmers-growers/prices-markets/cattle-trade-prices/eu-world-cattle-prices/

This is the BB world price guide. Beef seems to be slipping back. Prices ate for 16/5. If you compate to last year were were ahead of general EU prices. This year we are behind. Calf and store prices even though these lads need them are out of sync at present.

Gennerall from the BB world prices the US is ahead at 7.5/ kg.

The rest looking at R3 bulls/ steers and cows

Uk 7& 5.9

France 7.1& 7.27

Germany 6.44 & 6.11

Italy 6.86, however U= 7.24 any steers are 7.6 but its a very specialised market cows5.72

Netherlands 6.98 & 6.33

Poland 6.48 & 5.98

What has amazed me over the last 12 months is that Polish and Duch beef is now virtually on par with Eu priced.

Its often hardnto judge prices because you will hear what are premium prices. For instance a lad selling O+ grade AA heifers into the ABP scheme is getting 6.83 / kg at a base of 6.4.

The agents themselves are taking a hammering. Our own agentbis not a happy camper. He is expressing concern on what hevlaid for cattle last Autumn. However his realmpain I expect is there calf to beef operation which has just stopped purchasing.

Calves are completely out of sync. Had to buy two to put under a Friesian cull we bought last autumn. I was caught for time so could not go to Kerry. Paid 800ish euro for two AA heifers 3 weeks old. Nice calves admittedly from FR cows, they were nearly 60 kgs.

Teagasc have data that show lads finishing cattle and selling direct to slaughter are the most profitable farms.

If the HE are 600kgs they are slaughter fit or will be with 6 weeks meal feeding. May not the slaughter fit he thinks he has to take them to

Feedlots need a gross margin of 500 over 90 days to stay in business. They are not getting that much extra to cover that. Mostbof ot is comming at the ordinary farmers expense

Getting quoted the same 6.3 for steers, 6.4 for heifers. Have 5 booked in since early in the week for next week. They are not that flush I think. They are getting thete 31.5k a week but it is not climbing. I think when the last of the big numbers of shed cattle ate gone in 10-14 days time it will stabilise or even rise.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0527/1575600-seanad-meps/

Fair play to Ciaran Mullooly for raising this issue.

Under or over 16 months?

I say its the product he has. O grade bulls unless they have rakes of flesh and the fat cover they can be hard to shift. The processors will take cows, P grade and over age cattle etc before them.

They will always back up bulls if they have plenty of cattle

That was David O'Leary actually