March 16, 2021 6:10 am
The wet weather failed to put much of a dampener on the trade for cattle last week, as prices reported were more or less unaffected from the previous week.
There were fears that the heavy rainfall would make some farmers postpone their buying of store cattle until the weather cleared up.
Speaking with one mart manager in particular about custom last week, they had noticed some buyers taking a step back – yet prices weren’t hit too badly.
In the store trade, some marts were seeing similar week-on-week prices paid – with the 500-600kg quality continental bullock continuing to range from €2.22/kg up to highs of €2.45/kg.