date:Mar 21, 2014
4,007 head, 3.8 per cent lower than the corresponding period in 2013.
It says the average prime cattle carcase weight during 2014 to date was 329kg compared to 332.4kg during the 2013 period. The lower throughput combined with this decline in average carcase weights has resulted in a five per cent drop in the volume of beef processed from prime cattle when comparing the two ten week periods.
The LMC also report that cow throughput was also back in the NI plants last week with 1,564 cows slaugh