Beef & Lamb

13 July 2021

Back in January, we released a series of Agri-Market Outlooks looking at our expectations for 2021. We will now have a look over the lamb market outlook to see how well it has performed three months on.

13 July 2021

GB deadweight lamb prices dropped back in the latest week. In the week ending 24 April, the GB deadweight OSL SQQ fell by 5.3p on the week to average 674.2p/kg.

14 July 2021

The GB all-prime average gained 2.5p to reach 406.2p/kg in the week ending 24 April

28 April 2021

Strategic Farm: Heifers – to breed or to buy?

12 May 2021

Meet the Challenge Sheep farmers. A project to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes as well as a better understanding of how the rearing phase can affect a ewe’s lifetime performance.

14 July 2021

Let’s take a look at how our January forecasts have performed against what has actually happened so far.

4 April 2025

Find out about breeding, calving and managing heifers

14 July 2021

According to Defra’s latest farm business income forecast*, livestock farms in England are expected to see an increase in average farm business income for the 2020/21 year.

14 July 2021

EU beef and lamb production each expected to fall by around 1% in 2021

13 July 2021

Liveweight old season lamb prices have fallen in the past week

26 April 2024

The USDA forecasts both beef and pork production to rise in 2021, while trade will be mixed and largely influenced by Chinese ASF recovery.

13 July 2021

During Q1 2021, estimated slaughter of ewes and rams totalled 277,000 head, 27% (102,000 head) fewer than during the same period in 2020.

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