56% of NI prime cattle beef kill from suckler-bred stock August 15, 2021 Beef During the second quarter of 2021, suckler-bred cattle accounted for 56% of the total prime cattle beef kill in Northern Ireland. According to…
Beef kill: 2020 figures continue to race ahead of last year October 31, 2020 Beef Last week a total of 37,143 head of cattle were processed. This figure has suffered a decline of 520 head in comparison to…
Beef cattle numbers remain tight as grass cattle are slow to come on stream May 20, 2016 Beef The weekly supply of beef cattle continues to remain tight with just over 28,000 cattle slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved beef export…
Northern Ireland’s store cattle exports almost reached £10m last year April 5, 2016 N.Ireland Northern Irish store cattle exports almost reached £10m (€12.50m) last year, recent figures from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) show.…
Beef kill back 86,568 head on 2014 levels – Weekly kill drops by 5% December 22, 2015 Beef The throughput of cattle to beef factories last week was back 5% on the corresponding period last year, figures from the Department of…
‘Fragile export markets undermining benefits of a reduced beef kill’ November 30, 2015 Beef The fragility of some export markets in the EU could undermine the tight supply situation in Ireland, according to the AHDB. According to…
Beef kill back 76,576 head – Weekly throughput above 32,000 November 26, 2015 Beef The cumulative beef kill at beef processors last week was back 5% on the corresponding period last year, figures from the Department of…
Over 3,700 less cattle killed last week on same week in 2014 October 16, 2015 Beef Cattle supplies at Irish export meat plants for the week ending October 9 totalled 31,327 head, which was 10% or over 3,700 head…
Cull cow beef quotes fall 5-10c/kg despite a drop in cow throughput September 28, 2015 Beef Despite relative stability in the quotes factories are offering for prime beef, the prices offered for cull cows have dropped by 5-10c/kg on…
Beef factory quotes fall 5c/kg as the weekly kill surpasses the 30,000 mark September 21, 2015 Beef Despite three weeks of relative beef price stability the country’s beef plants have cut the base price by 5c/kg. Many industry sources have…
Why are cattle supplies not falling as fast as forecast? September 4, 2015 Beef There was a further ease in the cattle trade this week, according to Bord Bia. It says the fall in price comes on…
UK prime cattle slaughterings down 8% from 2014 June 18, 2015 Beef UK prime cattle slaughterings in May 2015 were down 8% from last year to 143,800 head, a fall of 12,100 head, AHDB, the…
Beef kill falls again (down 36,000 head year to date) June 18, 2015 Beef Supplies of cattle to the countries’ export meat plants continues to be lower than last year with some 36,000 less cattle killed to…
Beef kill to date down 4% on 2014 June 10, 2015 Beef The national beef kill continues to fall with throughput currently some 4% lower since the start of the year compared to 2014. According…
Throughput falling at beef plants as cattle numbers tighten April 22, 2015 Beef The number of cattle coming forward for slaughter was down again last week when compared to the same week last year. This is…
