On prices, the report reflects that average deadweight prices for prime cattle categories in England and Wales were strong during 2023 and remained above year-earlier levels for the entirety of the year. Steer average deadweight prices reached a high of £4.90 during mid-May last year, but cu...
the same thing will happen to cross-bred dairy beef, and then suckler beef, unless an average of somewhere around 250p deadweight is paid this autumn, and we hope that the penny drops before the dismantling process in these two sectors gains momentum and then becomes impossible to reverse. ...
prime beef average is currently 257p deadweight and Italian buyers are already being lined up by domestic traders, said Mr Burrell.He added: "On top of that Spanish and Portuguese cattle are levelling out at 235p and the French average is 231p compared with just 200p across the UK. 鈥...