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In pictures: solid trade with good butcher-buyer appetite in Roscrea 2021-06-03

Online sales Online sales platforms have afforded buyers more information than would have been quickly available 12 months ago. Back then buyers were generally restricted to accessing the sale they were actually attending. Now, sitting at home or in their jeeps or cars with laptops or phones they can see what the trade is like in any number of locations. As the week progressed and you began to realise sales were bigger, would you not be tempted to sit and wait to see where prices opened before getting involved? All that said, and despite some sales yards reporting small numbers of stock left...

Beef prices: factories hungry for cattle as prices edge higher 2021-01-11

Roscrea Michael Harty was pleasantly surprised at the numbers last Friday: “400 was a nice number for the day of the year,” he told me. Although there was no real change in prices with continental bullocks averaging from €2.10-2.30/kg and Angus types “freely” making €2/kg to a top of €2.10/kg, Michael noted that quality has lessened. On the heifer side, the Angus was once again in demand with averages from €2.00-2.05/kg. Continental heifers sold to a top of €2.30/kg with Hereford types making from €1.80-1.90-2.00/kg, the extended price reference indicating varying quality...