The traditional ‘cheapest option’ – the cull cow continued with R grades making around the €3.90/kg markCattle pictured at the farm of James Ham in Moyvore Village, Co. Westmeath. Photo: Tom O'HanlonAn examination of factory kill figures for both here and the UK makes for interesting reading. Figures on cattle slaughtering’s for the month of June as produced by the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board show a decline in their domestic processing numbers. Their figure of 163,300 prime cattle processed is back 4pc on the June 2020 figure. The breakdown of that 163,300 figure shows that while young bulls rose slightly to 20,900, up 0.3pc, the steer kill fell 7pc to 78,000 with heifer slaughtering back 2pc to 64,400.

Source: Irish Independent July 19, 2021 06:45 UTC