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THE PRESIDENT of the IFA John Dillon has this week urged farm- ers to continue to hold out for bet- ter prices from factories. Mr Dillon congratulated farmers for their recent ‘strength’ in resisting the lower prices being quoted by some factories. ‘Farmers are getting much stronger and tougher at resisting lower quoted prices from the meat factories,” said Mr Dillon. “Farmers are holding out, and factories are finding themselves
having to pay up to €2.52/kg (90p/Ib) to get cattle
this week.”
As farmers resist lower prices, cheaper cattle be-
come more difficult for factories to come by. This forces factories to raise their prices.
According to Mr Dillon, “the cattle supplies are much tighter this week and factory agents are chas- ing cattle at farm level. There is very strong resistance to the lower factory quotes of €2.46/kg (88p/ lb) and agents are being forced to pay prices to €2.52/kg (90p/Ib).”
He went on to say that prices of as high as €2.63/kg (94p/Ib) has been paid for heifers in Ireland this
week. He also said that cow prices have also risen with €2.13/kg (76p/lb) available and top prices of €2.24/kg (80p/Ib) being paid.