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Beef Trends: quotes back on €8/kg track

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.

MARKETS 16 July 2025

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NI factories cut lamb quotes again

NI factories cut lamb quotes again

NORTHERN IRELAND 9 July 2025

Composite value of beef carcase is like building a jigsaw

Composite value of beef carcase is like building a jigsaw

NEWS 15 June 2025

New factory beef price tracker

New factory beef price tracker

New factory beef price tracker

NEWS 11 June 2025

Lamb dies of copper poisoning from cattle feed

Lamb dies of copper poisoning from cattle feed

Lamb dies of copper poisoning from cattle feed

NEWS 11 May 2025

Sheep prices fall by over €10/head

Sheep prices fall by over €10/head

Both lambs and hoggets have been hit with price cuts in the region of 50c/kg when compared with last week.

NEWS 5 March 2025

Farmer Writes: strong beef price can only be seen as a good thing

Farmer Writes: strong beef price can only be seen as a good thing

I would like to see the people who put in the hard work of breeding and calving cows getting well paid for it, because God knows we’ve done it long enough for nothing.

FARMER WRITES 5 March 2025

Farmer Writes: I’m not losing any sleep over ICBF indices

Farmer Writes: I’m not losing any sleep over ICBF indices

Tommy Moyles looks at the ICBF stars and the abolishing of milk quotas.

FARMER WRITES 5 March 2025

Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA

Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA

Processors have cynically moved the goalposts by cutting both the price and the paid carcase weight in one fell swoop, according to ICSA sheep chair Willie Shaw.

NEWS 5 March 2025

NI factories play on overfat hoggets

NI factories play on overfat hoggets

Factories in Northern Ireland are complaining about overweight hoggets being presented for slaughter.

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 March 2025

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

The lack of quality beef cattle is due to the drop in suckler cow numbers, not the SCEP star system, Sean Coughlan told Wexford farmers

NEWS 5 March 2025

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Farmers have described the cuts as a backdoor move to reduce the value of hoggets.

NEWS 5 March 2025

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