Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion
3:00 pm
Dr. Andrew Cromie:
Yes, but there is no difference in carcass grade between the progeny of five-star and one-star animals. I will deal with the question about the price per kilo on weanlings per mart. It was noted that it was slightly higher for the progeny for one-star cows relative to the progeny of five-star cows. There are a couple of very relevant points in that table. Some 11,180 €1,000 weanlings were sold last year through marts, as per the data in the database. Of those, more than three times as many are coming from five-star cows, which have a combination of weight and price per kilo. The same price per kilo is not being achieved, and I acknowledge that.
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