In the beef sector, an increase in beef prices of 8% for finished animals, together with a reduction in costs, led to an overall rise in output value. While cattle farmers availed of increased beef prices, initial Teagasc farm level estimates show livestock incomes remain low at €15,000 and €17,000 for suckler and beef finishing enterprises respectively. On tillage farms, average incomes are estimated at slightly less than €27,000, whilst dairy income was estimated at slightly over €37,000.