Farmers urged to push for higher prices ahead of Euros and Olympics

Factory quotes largely unchanged on previous week

‘Factories still want heavy manufacturing beef as cheap as possible'. Photo: Roger Jones

Martin Coughlan

Asked how factory quotes were over the weekend, agents’ replies varied from “steady as she goes” to “bang average” — in other words no major change.

However, I did detect a little fraying around the edges between factories when it came to how deals were put together last week.