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Beef prices up €100/head in seven days
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including news of increased quotes.
Beef prices up €100/head in seven days
Martbids Database: grass buyers drive the mart trade
2 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: grass buyers drive the mart trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
Beef Trends: quotes surge up 30c/kg
2 April 2025 Markets
Beef Trends: quotes surge up 30c/kg
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
Calf price update: increasing numbers not dampening prices
Calf numbers increased at marts across the country this week and demand is seeing prices largely holding firm or rising for the most part, reports Tommy Moyles.
2 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: 'these prices are the new norm' - manager
Castleisland Mart rounded out a busier than usual March and one which saw average calf prices reach levels not seen before. Mart manager Neilus McAuliffe believes this is the new normal.
2 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: over €3/kg going rate for cull cows in Bandon
Demand for beef has seen the price of dry dairy cows hit heights not seen before lately. This and rising weekly prices have been the story of the trade in Bandon Mart this spring.
2 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: no easing in beef calf prices despite increase in supply
Traditionally, the price of beef calves eases somewhat towards the end of March as they become more numerous. There was no sign of that happening in Bandon Mart for this week's calf sale.
1 April 2025 Markets
Beef prices: quotes jump 20c/kg on back of huge demand
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
31 March 2025 Markets
Irish beef exports down 9% in January
An 8% increase in the value of beef exports in January masks a 9% decline in volumes.
28 March 2025 News
Beef quotes hit €8/kg amid tight cattle supplies
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including what factories are paying for stock.
27 March 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: weanling exports double for first months of 2025
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including what’s happening on live exports this week.
26 March 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: grass buyers out in force in Birr Mart
Grass buyers are appearing in greater numbers and are entering a red hot trade, with factory agents and beef finishers driving the trade for finished and store animals.
26 March 2025 Markets