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Livestock prices, finished and store

Average prices for cattle, sheep and pigs sold at store and finished auction markets in Great Britain.

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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
22 July 2019
Last updated:
23 June 2023
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  1. Amended comment below the datasets.

  2. Updated labelling in the stores .ods file.

  3. Updated labelling in the Store livestock .ods file.

  4. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for March 2023.

  5. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for February 2023.

  6. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for January 2023.

  7. Updated to add a note on the discontinuation of the Store and Finished Livestock datasets.

  8. Updated to add information on the potential discontinuation of the Finished Livestock prices.

  9. Updated the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for December 2022.

  10. Edited to include data for November 2022.

  11. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for October 2022.

  12. Edited to include data for September 2022.

  13. Edited to include data for August 2022.

  14. Edited to include data for July 2022.

  15. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for June 2022.

  16. Edited to include data for May 2022.

  17. Edited to include data for April 2022.

  18. Edited to include data for March 2022.

  19. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for February 2022.

  20. Updated finished and store livestock data sets with January 2022 prices.

  21. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for December 2021.

  22. Edited files with November prices.

  23. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for October 2021.

  24. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for September 2021.

  25. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for August 2021.

  26. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for July 2021.

  27. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for June 2021.

  28. Updated store and finished livestock prices data sets for May 2021.

  29. Updated the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for April 2021.

  30. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for March 2021.

  31. Edited to include updated data sets.

  32. Replaced livestock store and finished ODS spreadsheets due to files being corrupted and users unable to open.

  33. Edited to include data for January 2021

  34. To update finished and store livestock prices data sets with December 2020 data.

  35. Updated finished and store livestock data sets with November 2020 prices.

  36. Updated finished and store livestock data sets with October 2020 prices.

  37. To update the store and finished livestock prices data sets with data for September 2020.

  38. Edited all datasets - to include August 2020 prices.

  39. Updated with latest datasets, now accessible format.

  40. Updated monthly datasets.

  41. Updated store and finished prices with current month data.

  42. Updated with latest Finished and Store prices 2015-2020.

  43. Updated with latest prices, suffix 17 Mar 20.

  44. Updated with latest livestock prices.

  45. Updated all files with current data.

  46. Added latest livestock prices, finished and store datasets.

  47. Updated with latest prices.

  48. Updated with latest monthly prices.

  49. Updated with latest livestock prices.

  50. Updated Finished livestock prices and Store livestock prices datasets.

  51. Added average prices for cattle, sheep and pigs sold at store and finished auction markets datasets.

  52. Added latest prices data.

  53. First published.

This series gives the average farmgate prices of selected livestock across Great Britain from a range of auction markets. The prices are national averages of prices charged for sheep, cattle, and pigs in stores and finished auction markets. This publication is updated monthly.

We have now withdrawn updates to both the Store and Finished Livestock datasets. We are currently assessing the user base for liveweight livestock prices to inform future data collection processes. If liveweight price data is useful to you please contact us at prices@defra.gov.uk to let us know.

For the latest deadweight livestock prices, please visit the AHDB website at Markets and prices - AHDB.

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