Young Store Cattle
4.81€/kg
Week-on-week change
▼ -0.03 (-0.6%)
EU cattle prices (weekly average)
European Union average live bovine prices by category, updated every week.
Latest data:
Yearling Male Store Cattle
Adjusted4.77€/kg
Week-on-week change
▲ +0.02 (+0.4%)
Yearling Female Store Cattle
Adjusted4.21€/kg
Week-on-week change
▲ +0.19 (+4.7%)
Male Calves - Beef type (8 d-4 wk)
410€/head
Week-on-week change
▲ +3 (+0.7%)
Male Calves - Dairy type (8 d-4 wk)
239€/head
Week-on-week change
▼ -2 (-1.0%)
Cull Cows
≈ live weight2.75€/kg
Week-on-week change
→ +0.00 (+0.0%)
Fattened Young Bulls (R3)
≈ live weight3.64€/kg
Week-on-week change
→ +0.00 (+0.0%)
Fattened Young Bulls (O3)
≈ live weight3.46€/kg
Week-on-week change
→ +0.00 (+0.0%)
EU lamb prices
Heavy Lamb (live weight ≥ 27 kg)
≈ live weight4.34€/kg
Week-on-week change
▲ +0.02 (+0.5%)
Light Lamb (live weight <27 kg)
≈ live weight4.48€/kg
Week-on-week change
▲ +0.01 (+0.2%)
Source: European Commission - Meat Market Observatory, Prices of Live Bovine Animals (PRI.EU.LIV). Price in €/kg or €/head, EU average.
Data: European Commission, recalculated by FARMSTOCK. Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0).
Common questions about cattle prices
- What is the purchase price of cattle per kilogram?
- It depends on the category, the weight and the conformation class. The table above gives the EU weekly average purchase price per kilogram of carcass weight. At a FARMSTOCK auction the final price is set by competing buyers, so it can differ from the average.
- How often do cattle prices change?
- We refresh the figures once a week and show the week-on-week move next to every category - up, down or unchanged. The chart covers the last 52 weeks, so seasonal swings are visible too.
- Where do I find lamb prices?
- The lamb price table is on this same page, below the cattle table, from the same source and on the same weekly cycle.
- Where does the data come from?
- From the European Commission's agricultural market monitoring, to which member states report weekly purchase prices by category. FARMSTOCK does not alter the figures; it only converts them to common units.