Re: Cattle prices

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:41:30 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:
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>> Major fall in cattle prices here, down to .87 imaginary punts per lb.[1]
>> There are worries that the big syndicates (Anglo-Irish, Dawn, etc),
>> are going to engineer a wider area collapse, Dawn are about 10p sterling
>> difference between their British and Irish prices. Sheep falling too,
>> down to about .90p sterling, but in this case the factorys are just
>> shutting down, France reported full of very cheap Uk lamb. Heavy
>> penalties for +30 months on cattle. Heifers over 30 months almost
>> unsalable.
>>
>> [1] about 70p sterling.
>>
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> Not seen clean beef sold for a week or two but I think that they have held
> up
> With the end of OTMS, it may be that a lot of companies over here are
> holding off buying Irish, hoping they will pick stuff up cheaper here?
>
> Jim Webster
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>
Thats a while yet, innit?


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