UK: Weekly cattle and sheep market wrap on 01 August 2024

Prices for week ending 27 July 2024 The GB deadweight all-prime average cattle price saw a boost of 2.4p from the previous week to land at 482p/kg. Looking into the categories, both overall steers and overall young bull prices grew by 3p from the previous week to 483.9p/kg and 475.7p/kg respectively. The overall heifer price saw a smaller gain of 1.2p on the week to end at 481.5p/kg. At a regional level, Southern and Central steer prices saw the largest increase, with Scottish and Northern prices still seeing growth but at a lower rate. Market commentary notes that demand for steaks and related cuts have been boosted with barbeque demand. Prime estimated kill fell by 200 head on the week to 33,300 head, with both steers and heifers seeing slight throughput growth compared to the previous week. Young bull throughputs fell on the week. The overall average cow price dropped by 2.8p from the previous week to end at 360.3p/kg. Estimated cow kill rose by 400 head to reach 9,000 head, up ...