Beef & Lamb

10 March 2022

The latest Defra slaughter data release puts UK lamb slaughter at 864,900 head in February, up 10% on February 2021 levels.

10 March 2022

Beef production in the UK picked up in February

11 March 2022

Prices for all categories rose this week and remain well above their respective 5year averages.

7 March 2022

Total GB animal feed production stood at 5.96 million tonnes in the season to date

7 March 2022

It is hard to say how high energy prices will go, and for how long

3 March 2022

Lamb prices have once again recorded declines in the most recent week. While prices do stand well below year earlier levels, they are still strong on historic terms.

3 March 2022

...and what's the outlook for 2022?

2 March 2022

The GB deadweight all prime average is now 31p above year earlier levels

4 March 2022

We explore the red meat trade picture of Ukraine and Russia.

2 March 2022

Everyone is aware input costs have been rising. Using the Defra agricultural price indexes (API) the picture for outputs in the red meat sectors over the last 12 months is rather mixed.

24 February 2022

Record production and exports defined the US beef market in 2021

24 February 2022

In the week ending 23 February, the GB liveweight old season lamb SQQ averaged 265.08p/kg, up 1.97p from the week previous. Despite being 12.8p behind last year’s price, it is 47p above the 5-year average.

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