Lamb

5 January 2022

Global meat consumption is expected to continue growing by 1.4% per year

23 December 2021

After faltering for the past two weeks, liveweight lamb prices have again moved upwards this week. In the week ended 22 December the GB liveweight NSL SQQ increased by almost 9p, to 280.43p/kg.

16 December 2021

Lamb prices have slipped slightly this week, reflecting that the Christmas kill will now be winding down. During the week ending the 15 December, the GB liveweight NSL SQQ fell 7p, to 271.87p/kg.

16 December 2021

Production during the month totalled 24,700 tonnes, down 10% on-the-year. 11% fewer lambs came forwards.

15 December 2021

Continuing the trend recorded throughout 2021, UK fresh and frozen sheep meat exports were down 12% on-the-year during October, to 7,000 tonnes according to HMRC data.

28 October 2024

Find out the latest KPIs for lamb.

30 January 2024

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

17 December 2021

Last week US authorities removed the small ruminant rule, which was introduced more than 20 years ago banning imports of lamb from the UK and other countries where scrapie had been identified. In this article we look at what this will mean for the sheep sector.

9 December 2021

The lamb crop in New Zealand has increased slightly on the year, to 22.7 million head, according to Beef and Lamb NZ. There was a decline in the size of the breeding flock, but this was offset by a higher lambing percentage.

2 December 2021

Christmas lamb kill is now well under way, and has brought another increase to an already buoyant price.

10 November 2022

A round up of the key lamb market headlines.

3 February 2023

A round up of the key lamb market headlines.

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