Beef

11 January 2022

The UK’s beef imports and exports rose year-on-year in October.

11 January 2022

In the week ending 11 December, the all-prime average deadweight cattle price fell 2.5p to average 406.7p/kg.

13 June 2025

Find out the latest KPIs for beef.

30 January 2024

A tight supply and demand picture continues to support UK feed grain and protein prices

19 January 2022

The latest research, led by the University of Edinburgh, has shown that beef and sheep farmers are highly motivated to improve neonatal outcomes. However, they often attribute external factors as limiting their ability to make changes to their practice. Alongside the multifactorial nature of neonatal mortality, efforts to improve neonatal survival must be tailored to the farm’s specific circumstances.

8 December 2021

During the week ending 4 December, the GB deadweight all prime average dipped 2.6p, to 409.2p/kg. Although this is a week-on-week decline the measure remained 38p above year earlier levels.

11 January 2022

The number of cattle in GB on 1 October was virtually unchanged from a year ago, at 7.97 million head.

6 February 2023

A round up of the key beef market headlines.

10 November 2022

A round up of the key beef market headlines.

11 January 2022

GB deadweight prime cattle prices generally levelled off in the week ending 27 November

11 January 2022

Welsh sheep numbers increased year-on-year according to the June 2021 survey, while the pig herd shrunk. Cattle numbers remained relatively stable.

30 January 2024

The GB milking herd continued to decline year-on-year in October, while youngstock numbers continued to rise.

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