Beef quotes have improved by 5-10c/kg this week with bullocks and heifers moving at €3.80/kg and higher in some plants.

Cows and young bulls also seeing an improvement in price.

Last week’s kill stood at 30,365 head.

NI and British prices have held firm with the price differential at €250/head at this week’s prices. Exports of cattle to NI for further feeding have doubled in the first two months of 2021, rising to with 7,978 head.