Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2006 Edition

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Table A13(i) Breeding and Store Stock Cattle market prices by month, 2005 (breeding)

Yearly Average

Jan.*

Feb.

March

April*

May

June

July*

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.*

Nov.

Dec.

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/hea

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

£/head

Breeding Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Friesian

Cows with calves at foot

620.00

-

-

520.00

-

720.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

525.42

650.00

469.25

532.34

517.50

478.33

481.00

621.67

499.69

465.56

671.67

592.50

580.00

Bulls

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Holstein

Cows with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

560.86

652.50

710.00

700.00

497.50

612.50

760.00

462.80

711.25

768.75

670.00

660.00

790.00

Bulls

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Friesian Holstein

Cows with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

539.08

632.00

611.11

572.29

612.38

522.58

610.13

614.66

637.00

400.16

579.54

621.08

702.00

Bulls

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Beef Cattle

Limousin

Cows with calves at foot

669.37

718.75

776.61

605.33

733.53

792.53

686.89

654.95

626.93

643.94

617.61

625.30

540.00

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

617.93

-

501.54

577.50

536.25

703.93

396.82

609.87

352.50

210.00

670.04

657.44

-

Bulls

1,095.30

387.92

1,068.57

1,287.20

1,597.35

1,533.33

992.61

997.07

829.50

-

663.33

603.33

-

Charolais

Cows with calves at foot

653.87

-

690.00

580.00

566.67

741.91

715.00

715.00

613.63

480.00

689.23

466.67

-

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

482.34

-

612.00

416.67

446.67

546.18

520.00

495.00

380.00

-

407.96

584.41

-

Bulls

1,505.91

1,050.00

-

750.00

2,535.75

1,450.00

1,158.25

850.00

700.88

-

488.33

-

1,890.00

Simmental

Cows with calves at foot

645.44

725.79

710.39

654.67

681.67

729.55

680.15

638.92

528.57

480.23

613.07

712.13

581.11

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

543.00

560.00

511.82

496.00

603.84

543.33

494.63

575.97

348.00

390.00

532.24

617.06

350.00

Bulls

737.56

201.25

530.00

-

1,732.50

912.50

878.50

-

1,365.00

714.00

565.00

473.33

-

Other Continental

Cows with calves at foot

706.82

1,080.00

565.00

566.00

738.57

823.61

777.33

667.89

553.89

647.50

562.66

803.60

552.00

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

580.87

450.00

491.67

541.11

635.63

588.00

523.33

607.90

295.00

-

582.12

522.86

551.13

Bulls

867.50

-

1,155.00

-

-

-

725.00

1,181.25

775.00

-

697.50

-

-

Aberdeen Angus

Cows with calves at foot

585.11

-

541.25

579.09

631.82

683.10

643.34

652.14

469.14

558.75

475.00

493.75

512.00

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

535.26

-

512.56

465.67

459.50

598.40

461.90

541.88

396.67

370.00

563.33

420.82

365.00

Bulls

715.55

245.00

830.00

787.50

997.50

646.25

787.50

1,392.50

567.00

483.00

210.00

-

-

Other Breeds

Cows with calves at foot

460.90

313.33

555.00

600.00

661.00

365.00

590.00

460.97

471.90

423.75

380.77

393.13

-

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

427.85

454.29

522.86

567.27

646.36

604.75

458.52

391.00

568.57

500.83

293.36

331.25

481.17

Bulls

512.87

-

-

-

300.00

-

600.00

-

-

483.00

530.00

213.00

-

All Breeds

Cows with calves at foot

638.43

718.68

709.17

613.57

687.70

753.49

673.72

635.00

556.95

571.18

581.48

636.41

552.61

Heifers with calves at foot

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cows

540.87

557.43

531.49

525.49

592.00

606.41

500.55

569.58

535.81

421.68

531.47

546.60

553.47

Bulls

1,043.67

359.42

971.25

1,139.07

1,798.05

1,179.72

938.19

1,044.93

778.73

598.50

588.33

429.89

1,890.00

Notes:

Average of prices paid.

Monthly averages relate to statistical months of four or five(*) weeks.

Source: Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) - Economics.

Page updated: Friday, May 12, 2006