Transparency data

October 2023

Updated 29 November 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Compensation payable during October 2023, in England for a bovine animal compulsorily slaughtered for Bovine TB, Brucellosis and EBL disease control purposes will be as detailed below.

Table of non-pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Male (age)	Compensation due (£ per head)	Female (age)	Compensation due (£ per head)
Up to and including 3 months	197	Up to and including 3 months	145
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months	508	Over 3 months up to and including 6 months	424
Over 6 months up to and including 9 months	679	Over 6 months up to and including 9 months	549
Over 9 months up to and including 12 months	866	Over 9 months up to and including 12 months	701
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months	1,164	Over 12 months up to and including 16 months	985
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months	1,381	Over 16 months up to and including 20 months (including calved)	1,211
Over 20 months, non-breeding bulls	1,411	Over 20 months, not calved	1,281
Over 20 months, breeding bulls	1,416	Over 20 months, calved	1,006

Dairy sector

Male (age)	Compensation due (£ per head)	Female (age)	Compensation due (£ per head
Up to and including 3 months	75	Up to and including 3 months	120
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months	226	Over 3 months up to and including 6 months	259
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months	432	Over 6 months up to and including 12 months	407
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months	779	Over 12 months up to and including 16 months	533
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months	961	Over 16 months up to and including 20 months	629
Over 20 months	1,051	Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, calved	1,441
n/a	n/a	Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, not calved	975
n/a	n/a	Over 84 months	1,053

Table of pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Male (age) – applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation	Compensation due (£ per head)	Female (age)	Compensation due (£ per head)
Up to and including 6 months	Individual valuation	Up to and including 6 months	Individual valuation
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months	Individual valuation	Over 6 months up to and including 12 months	2,797
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months	4,784	Over 12 months up to and including 24 months	1,956
Over 24 months, bulls	2,985	Over 24 months, not calved	2,008
n/a	n/a	Over 24 months up to and including 36 months, calved	Individual valuation
n/a	n/a	Over 36 months, calved	1,593

Dairy sector

Male (age) – applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation	Compensation due (£ per head)	Female (age)	Compensation due (£ per head)
Up to and including 2 months	Individual valuation	Up to and including 2 months	Individual valuation
Over 2 months up to and including 12 months	Individual valuation	Over 2 months up to and including 10 months	942
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months	3,447	Over 10 months up to and including 18 months	1,055
Over 24 months, bulls	Individual valuation	Over 18 months, not calved	1,409
n/a	n/a	Over 18 months up to and including 36 months, calved	2,001
n/a	n/a	Over 36 months up to and including 84 months, calved	1,877
n/a	n/a	Over 84 months, calved	1,249

Notes

1. The dairy sector table details the compensation payable for those animals slaughtered because they are either affected with bovine TB, BSE, Brucellosis or EBL or are suspected of having one of these diseases; or are the offspring or cohorts of confirmed BSE cases.

2. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for Bovine TB, EBL and Brucellosis is calculated in England under the Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019 (based upon average individual valuation stock market prices for the relevant categories) and the individual valuation dual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2019. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for BSE is calculated in England under the TSE (England) Regulations 2018, in Wales under the TSE (Wales) Regulations 2018, and in Scotland under the TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (as amended), which use data from the same system as England.

3. Table valuations are entirely objective and based on real market data. Rates for the 51 cattle categories are determined using large amounts of contemporaneous sales data for same category, but disease free, cattle. Sales data for around 1.4m cattle is collected each year to support table valuations. For non-pedigree table values one month’s sales data is used, whereas 6 months’ data is used to determine table values for pedigree animals to ensure that data from either of the key sales periods in spring or autumn is included in the calculation.

4. The values in the table of categories above have been derived from sales information obtained from store markets, prime markets, rearing calf sales, breeding sales and dispersal sales in Great Britain between 20 August 2023 and 20 September 2023 for non-pedigree animals, and between 21 March 2023 and 20 September 2023 for pedigree animals.

5. Each calendar year, a statistical analysis of sales data collected during a 12-month period, is carried out to determine the minimum number of sales records required to enable Defra to have 95% confidence that the market price calculated for each category is within 20% of the population mean (all cattle sales for that category). This statistical data has helped Defra identify the level of variability in sales prices for each category. This intelligence is used to determine when there is insufficient data to support a table valuation for any particular category.

6. Where the Secretary of State considers that the sales data for any particular bovine category in any given month are inadequate, or such price data is unavailable, the compensation payable will either be at the level of the most recently ascertained value for the same category, or alternatively the Secretary of State may opt to pay compensation at the level of the market value of the animal in question, as ascertained under the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2019 or the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018.

7. Where an owner slaughters an animal voluntarily and privately (which must be agreed with the Department) no compensation is payable, such as, the owner accepts the salvage payment from the slaughterhouse in lieu of Defra compensation.

8. Compensation may be reduced for TB reactor cattle disclosed in herds with overdue TB tests.

Date published: October 2023 APHA TB Finance Team