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.
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.