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UK Yearbook 2013 –Sheep

EBLEX Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 024 7669 2051 www.eblex.org.uk

© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2013. All rights reserved.

While the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, operating through its EBLEX division, seeks to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of printing, no warranty is given in respect thereof and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board accepts no liability for loss, damage or injury howsoever caused (including that caused by negligence) or suffered directly or indirectly in relation to information and opinions contained in or omitted from this document.

EBLEX is a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

ISBN 978-1-904437-62-1

Contents

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1. Introduction .......................................................................................................3

2. Marketing Chain2.1 Meat balance sheet, UK, 2009-2012 ..............................................................42.2 Product fl ows in the sheep marketing chain 2012 ..........................................4

3. Livestock Numbers3.1 Density of breeding ewes, June 2010 .............................................................53.2 Sheep numbers by category, UK, June 2000-2012 ........................................63.3 Sheep numbers by region, UK, June 2008-2012 ............................................73.4 Breeding ewe holdings by fl ock size and region, UK........................................8

4. Slaughterings and Production4.1 Red meat production, UK, 2000-2012 ............................................................94.2 Trends in red meat production, UK, 1991-2012 ..............................................94.3 Sheep slaughterings, UK, 2000-2012 ..........................................................104.4 Sheep slaughterings by region, UK, 2000-2012 ............................................104.5 Changes in regional share of sheep slaughterings, UK,1996-2012 ...............114.6 Sheep average carcase weights, UK, 2000-2012 .........................................114.7 Liveweight/deadweight sheep marketings, GB, 1988-2012 .........................124.8 Sheep meat production by region, UK, 2000-2012 ......................................12

5. Consumption5.1 Per capita lamb consumption by region, UK, 2011 ........................................135.2 Household expenditure on lamb by region, UK, 2011 ....................................135.3 Retail expenditure profi le for lamb, UK, 2012 ................................................14

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6. Livestock and Meat Prices6.1 Deadweight lamb prices, GB, 2008-2012 .....................................................156.2 Seasonality of lamb prices, GB, 2009-2012 ..................................................156.3 Liveweight sheep prices, GB, 2000-2012 .....................................................166.4 Store lamb prices, England and Wales, 2008-2012 ......................................166.5 Farm to retail lamb price spreads, GB, 2000-2012 .......................................16

7. Imports and Exports7.1 Volume and value of sheep meat imports, UK, 2000-2012 ...........................177.2 Imports of fresh/frozen sheep meat by source, UK, 2010-2012 ...................177.3 Imports of sheep offal by source, UK, 2010-2012 .........................................187.4 Imports of sheep meat by product, UK, 2012 ................................................187.5 Volume and value of sheep meat exports, UK, 2000-2012 ...........................187.6 Exports of fresh/frozen sheep meat by destination, UK, 2010-2012 ............197.7 Exports of sheep offal by destination, UK, 2010-2012 ..................................19

8. Abattoirs8.1 Red meat abattoir numbers by type, England, 2009-2012 ...........................208.2 Size profile of red meat abattoirs, England, 2012 ..........................................208.3 Size profile of abattoirs slaughtering sheep, England, 2012 ..........................20

9. Auction Markets9.1 Auction market throughputs by region, GB, 2012 .........................................219.2 Auction market centres by region, GB, 2000-2012 .......................................219.3 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, GB, 2012.............................229.4 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, England, 2012 ....................229.5 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, Wales, 2012 ........................239.6 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, Scotland, 2012 ...................239.7 Market share of largest auction markets selling prime lambs in GB, 2012 ..............................................................................................................24

10. Carcase Classification10.1 Percentage distribution of lamb carcases by conformation and fat class, GB, 2012..............................................................................................2510.2 Percentage distribution of lamb carcases by conformation and fat class, England and Wales, 2012 ....................................................................2510.3 Percentage change in distribution of lamb carcases, GB, 1995-2012 ..........2510.4 Percentage of lambs meeting target specification by weight range, GB, 2012 ........................................................................................................26

11. Notes ......................................................................................................................27

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Introduction

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IntroductionThe statistics in the latest edition of the EBLEX yearbook show that 2012 was another memorable year for the UK sheep industry. However, where 2011 was noteworthy for record prices and buoyed optimism, 2012 will be remembered for a drop in prices and severe weather conditions. While the average lamb price for the year was only five per cent lower on the year at 182.9p/kg liveweight (lwt), by December, prices were as much as 30 per cent down on the year and at three-to-four-year lows. At the same time, the cost of production has increased considerably due to the difficult season.

Despite more lambs being born, overall lamb slaughtering numbers in 2012 fell five per cent to 11.9 million head. Weights were little changed, but total mutton and lamb production fell five per cent on 2011 levels.

Exports performed well, being only two per cent lower year-on-year at 94,700 tonnes. As such, a larger proportion of domestic production was exported. This resilience of export volumes was helped by the dramatic rise in trade with non-EU markets, with volumes to these countries more than doubling and trade with Hong Kong increasing nearly fivefold. With farmgate prices generally lower, the value of exports fell by six per cent to £354 million.

The UK remained a net exporter of sheep meat for the second year running, with import volumes at 86,100 tonnes, a drop of nearly three per cent on year-earlier levels. This import position saw a dramatic change in the second half of the year with volumes having been over 13 per cent lower at the halfway point. This turnaround was driven by much increased volumes from New Zealand entering the UK at much lower prices in the final five months of the year.

Results from the UK December 2012 livestock survey show that the breeding flock has continued to grow despite the difficulties faced by producers. The other key outcome of this survey is the evidence of the large carryover of lambs due to the poor weather, which is expected to affect slaughter patterns in 2013 significantly.

While a number of factors, such as global demand, the weather and the influence of other global players in the lamb market, remain beyond the control of the UK industry, the future is not all bleak. Demand for proteins is growing in many parts of the world and the UK continues to expand its global presence in exporting sheep meat. Additionally, there remains a large scope to improve the efficiency of the industry and allow all participants to be better able to weather the volatility that now seems to be a common part of the world market.

The contents of the 2013 EBLEX yearbook provide an overview of facts and figures from the beef and sheep sectors during 2012. We hope it serves as a useful guide for industry and other interested stakeholders.

Marketing Chain

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© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this table may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without the prior written consent of the proprietor. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of this table, no warranty is given as to its accuracy, nor liability accepted for any loss or damage caused by reliance upon any statement in or omission from this table.

Sheep slaughterings 13.75 million head

Clean sheep: 11.90 m headEwes/rams: 1.85 m head

£1,029 million

Slaughtered production275,000 tonnes

Meat importsTotal: 100,000 tonnesCarcase: 99,000 tonnesProcessed: 700 tonnesTotal: £370 million

Meat exportsTotal: 99,000 tonnesCarcase: 98,000 tonnesProcessed: 500 tonnesTotal: £354 million

Liveweight sales – 58%Lambs = 52%Ewes = 97%

7.98 million head £589 million

Deadweight sales – 42%Lambs = 48%

Ewes = 3%5.77 million head

£440 million

2.1 Meat balance sheet, UK, 2009-2012

2.2 Product flows in the sheep marketing chain 2012 (Volumes are cwe)

Note: Total supplies of meat available for consumption, including imported processed meat. Net production figures are for standard 52-week years.(a) Total imports and exports including processed meat. Includes re-exported beef. All fresh meat and processed products, have been converted to carcase weight equivalent.Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Mutton and lamb (000 tonnes) 2009 2010 2011 2012Production 307 277 289 275

Imports (a) 137 121 104 100

(Fresh/frozen) 133 119 102 99

(Processed) 4 2 2 1

Exports (a) 99 92 103 99

Total consumption 345 306 290 277

Wholesalers/depots/traders

Total sheep meat usage277,000 tonnes£2,146 million

Livestock Numbers

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3.1 Density of breeding ewes, June 2010

Number per 100 hectares

>300

200-300

100-200

50-100

<50

Source: Defra

Livestock Numbers

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3.2 Sheep numbers by category, UK, June 2000-2012

(000 head) Breeding ewes

Lambs under one year

Other sheep and rams

Total sheep and lambs

2000 20,449 20,369 1,447 42,264

2008 15,616 16,574 941 33,131

2009 14,636 15,892 918 31,445

2010 14,740 15,431 913 31,084

2011 14,858 15,990 776 31,634

2012 15,229 16,229 756 32,215

Source: Defra

Livestock Numbers

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3.3 Sheep numbers by region, UK, June 2008-2012

Source: Defra

(000 head) Breeding ewes

Other sheep and lambs

Total sheep and lambs

England

2008 7,032 7,964 15,535

2009 6,395 7,489 14,390

2010 6,447 7,296 14,240

2011 6,553 7,370 14,326

2012 6,833 7,779 14,612

Wales

2008 4,196 4,133 8,518

2009 3,996 4,038 8,238

2010 4,110 3,938 8,244

2011 4,118 4,340 8,619

2012 4,169 4,729 8,898

Scotland

2008 3,452 3,473 7,095

2009 3,352 3,399 6,921

2010 3,309 3,269 6,755

2011 3,302 3,326 6,801

2012 3,290 3,446 6,736

N Ireland

2008 935 999 1,974

2009 892 965 1,897

2010 876 928 1,847

2011 895 953 1,888

2012 937 1,031 1,969

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Livestock Numbers

3.4 Breeding ewe holdings by flock size and region, UK

* Wales holdings figures for 2011 not available at time of publication.Source: Defra

17%

18%

31%

23%

11%

England (June 2011)34,329 breeding ewe holdings

1-19 20-49 50-124 125-499 500+

43%

23%

15%

14%5%

Wales (June 2010)*13,200 breeding ewe holdings

1-99 100-199 200-499 500-999 1000+

13%58%

9%

16%

4%

Scotland (June 2011)12,214 breeding ewe holdings

1-99 100-199 200-499 500-999 1000+

65%

12%

21%

2%

Northern Ireland (June 2011)7,987 breeding ewe holdings

1-99 100-199 200-499 500-999

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Slaughterings and Production

4.1 Red meat production, UK, 2000-2012

(a) Includes a small quantity of meat which is subsequently processed into cooked ham. (b) From 2010, pork and bacon production is no longer split and only total pig meat is reported.(c) Excludes offal.Source: Defra

4.2 Trends in red meat production, UK, 1991-2012

Source: Defra

(000 tonnes) Beef and veal

Lamband mutton Pork Bacon

(a) Offal Total red meat (c)

2000 707 361 721 224 137 2,013

2008 862 326 614 184 141 1,986

2009 833 307 598 189 135 1,926

2010 (b) 909 277 759 140 1,945

2011 (b) 936 289 806 145 2,030

2012 (b) 885 275 825 139 1,985

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Beef and veal Lamb and mutton Pig meat

000

tonn

es

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4.3 Sheep slaughterings, UK, 2000-2012

4.4 Sheep slaughterings by region, UK, 2000-2012

Source: Defra

Source: Defra

(000 head) Sheep and lambs Ewes and rams Total

2000 15,971 2,471 18,442

2008 14,352 2,345 16,697

2009 13,408 2,192 15,600

2010 12,067 1,932 13,999

2011 12,462 2,015 14,777

2012 11,899 1,847 13,746

(000 head) UK England Wales Scotland N Ireland

2000 18,442 11,548 4,277 1,958 659

2008 16,697 10,080 4,576 1,395 645

2009 15,600 9,573 3,929 1,515 583

2010 13,999 8,573 3,622 1,441 363

2011 14,777 8,840 3,840 1,519 301

2012 13,746 8,493 3,462 1,367 424


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4.5 Changes in regional share of sheep slaughterings, UK, 1996-2012

Source: Defra

63%

18%

3%16%

1996

England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland

62%

25%

3%10%

2012


4.6 Sheep average carcase weights, UK, 2000-2012

Source: Defra

(kg dw) Clean sheep Ewes and rams

2000 18.2 28.4

2008 18.7 24.4

2009 18.8 24.8

2010 18.9 25.4

2011 19.1 25.7

2012 19.1 26.4

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100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Liveweight Deadweight

4.7 Liveweight/deadweight sheep marketings, GB, 1988-2012

Source: Defra, AHDB/EBLEX

4.8 Sheep meat production by region, UK, 2000-2012

Source: Defra

(000 tonnes) UK England Wales Scotland N Ireland

2000 360.8 236.5 73.1 37.7 13.5

2008 325.6 202.9 81.2 27.6 13.9

2009 306.6 192.2 71.0 30.5 12.9

2010 277.4 166.1 72.4 30.1 8.8

2011 289.3 182.3 69.0 31.1 6.8

2012 275.4 176.5 61.5 28.0 9.4

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Consumption

5.1 Per capita lamb consumption by region, UK, 2011

kg per person per year g per person per week

United Kingdom 1.9 37

England 2.0 39

Wales 2.1 40

Scotland 0.8 15

Northern Ireland 1.3 25

Note: Carcase meat only. Excludes meat in meals outside the home.Source: EFS

5.2 Household expenditure on lamb by region, UK, 2011

Note: Carcase meat only. Excludes meat in meals outside the home.Source: EFS

0.35

0.30

0.25

0.20

0.15

0.10

0.05

0.00

£/p

er p

erso

n/p

er w

eek


Consumption

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5.3 Retail expenditure profile for lamb, UK, 2012

Source: Kantar Worldpanel, 52 w/e 20 Jan 2013.

33%

34%7%

12%

9%

2012 Fresh/frozen lamb£620 million

5%

Chops/steaks Leg roasts Sholder roasts Mince Stewing Other

14%

38%

10%

2012 Processed lamb£180 million

38%

Chilled ready meals Frozen ready meals Burgers and grills Other

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Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Livestock and Meat Prices

6.1 Deadweight lamb prices, GB, 2008-2012

Standard Quality Quotation

(p per kg) R3L Overall

2008 300.3 297.5

2009 349.4 350.4

2010 383.8 381.5

2011 421.5 423.9

2012 404.4 401.3

6.2 Seasonality of lamb prices, GB, 2009-2012

Note: Based on GB monthly deadweight prices for Standard Quality Quotation lambs.Source: AHDB/EBLEX

550

500

450

400

350

300

2009

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2010 2011 2012

p p

er k

g d

w

Livestock and Meat Prices

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6.3 Liveweight sheep prices, GB, 2000-2012

6.4 Store lamb prices, England and Wales, 2008-2012

Source: AHDB/EBLEX, LAA, IAAS


Standard Quality Quotation(p per kg)

Ewes(£ per head)

2000 87.15 18.66

2008 129.06 32.96

2009 158.92 50.63

2010 173.49 60.17

2011 193.26 69.94

2012 182.88 64.48

(£ per head) Old season New season

2008 33.69 34.34

2009 46.54 47.35

2010 59.28 51.89

2011 60.30 59.71

2012 67.53 50.85

6.5 Farm to retail lamb price spreads, GB, 2000-2012

(a) Retail prices converted to an untrimmed carcase equivalent and adjustment made for drip loss.(b) This is the share received by rest of supply chain, including retailers, processors and wholesalers.Source: AHDB/EBLEX

(p per kg) Ave. farm price

Ave. retail price (a)

Actual price spread

Producer share of

retail price (%)

Others share of retail

price (%) (b)

2000 196.1 473.6 277.4 41.4 58.6

2008 297.5 629.0 331.5 47.3 52.7

2009 350.4 679.7 329.3 51.6 48.4

2010 381.5 698.9 317.4 54.6 45.4

2011 423.9 751.9 328.0 56.4 43.6

2012 401.3 777.5 376.2 51.6 48.4

Imports and Exports

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7.1 Volume and value of sheep meat imports, UK, 2000-2012

7.2 Imports of fresh/frozen sheep meat by source, UK, 2010-2012

Note: Volumes are shipped product weight. Source: GTIS


Fresh/frozen sheep meat Offal

(000 tonnes) (£million) (000 tonnes) (£million)

2000 109.2 199.6 12.0 7.6

2008 111.9 313.3 13.6 11.6

2009 116.0 381.3 15.6 18.5

2010 100.7 382.5 14.0 18.8

2011 88.3 411.9 10.9 17.5

2012 86.1 368.6 8.8 12.9

(000 tonnes) 2010 2011 2012

Fresh/frozen sheep meat 100.7 88.3 86.1

of which: carcases 5.1 5.9 6.5

bone-in cuts 59.6 54.4 53.6

boneless cuts 36.0 28.0 26.0

frozen 60.6 54.8 48.6

fresh/chilled 40.1 33.5 37.4

of which from: EU-27 11.3 10.6 11.9

Irish Republic 5.7 5.3 6.4

Spain 3.8 3.3 1.6

France 0.9 0.8 1.6

Netherlands 0.3 0.7 1.3

Non-EU 89.4 77.7 74.2

New Zealand 74.2 63.0 62.4

Australia 11.3 12.4 10.4

Imports and Exports

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7.3 Imports of sheep offal by source, UK, 2010-2012


(000 tonnes) 2010 2011 2012

Sheep offal 14.0 10.9 8.8

of which from: New Zealand 11.0 8.9 7.9

7.4 Imports of sheep meat by product, UK, 2012


32%

24%

2%8%

34%

Chilled bone-in cuts Chilled boneless cuts Frozen carcases Frozen bone-in cuts Frozen boneless cuts

7.5 Volume and value of sheep meat exports, UK, 2000-2012


Fresh/frozen sheep meat Offal

(000 tonnes) (£million) (000 tonnes) (£million)

2000 98.3 201.8 1.3 0.6

2008 86.8 262.2 2.2 1.8

2009 96.1 316.2 3.5 3.1

2010 89.1 320.1 4.0 3.9

2011 96.4 373.9 3.4 3.9

2012 94.7 352.4 3.8 4.7

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7.7 Exports of sheep offal by destination, UK, 2010-2012


(000 tonnes) 2010 2011 2012

Sheep offal 4.0 3.4 3.8

of which to: France 1.3 1.3 1.1

Imports and Exports

7.6 Exports of fresh/frozen sheep meat by destination, UK, 2010-2012


(000 tonnes) 2010 2011 2012

Fresh/frozen sheep meat 89.1 96.4 94.7

of which: carcases 68.8 75.0 68.4

cuts 20.2 21.4 26.4

frozen 9.1 11.9 14.7

fresh/chilled 79.9 84.5 80.0

of which to: EU-27 84.9 90.6 82.5

France 57.5 57.6 52.3

Germany 5.2 8.4 8.9

Belgium 8.5 6.2 6.2

Irish Republic 4.7 7.9 5.6

Italy 5.0 6.2 4.9

Non-EU 4.1 5.8 12.3

Hong Kong 0.4 1.5 7.3

Vietnam 2.5 2.6 1.5

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Abattoirs

8.1 Red meat abattoir numbers by type, England, 2009-2012

8.2 Size profile of red meat abattoirs, England, 2012

8.3 Size profile of abattoirs slaughtering sheep, England, 2012

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

2009 2010 2011 2012Abattoir numbers 209 202 198 195Throughput (000 GBU) 6,834 6,908 7,320 7,394Average throughput (GBU) 32,699 34,199 36,971 37,918Types of abattoirsKilling cattle 180 166 168 167Killing sheep 179 168 166 162Killing pigs 128 124 125 121

Size group (GBU) Number ofabattoirs

Total throughput

(GBU)

Averagethroughput

(GBU)

Share ofthroughput

(%)1-1,000 40 14,247 356 0.191,001-5,000 44 100,504 2,284 1.365,001-10,000 15 105,710 7,047 1.4310,001-20,000 29 425,482 14,672 5.7520,001-30,000 9 238,982 26,554 3.2330,001-50,000 22 835,247 37,966 11.3050,001-100,000 20 1,425,609 71,280 19.28>100,000 16 4,248,368 265,523 57.46Total 195 7,394,149 37,919 100.00

Size group (head) Number ofabattoirs

Total throughput

(GBU)

Averagethroughput

(GBU)

Share ofthroughput

(%)1-1,000 35 16,137 461 0.191,001-5,000 43 93,117 2,166 1.085,001-10,000 15 109,509 7,301 1.2710,001-20,000 15 204,635 13,642 2.3820,001-30,000 6 146,794 24,466 1.7030,001-50,000 14 512,349 36,596 5.9551,000 - 100,000 14 980,004 70,000 11.38>100,000 20 6,547,515 327,376 76.04Total 162 8,610,060 53,149 100.00

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Auction Markets

9.1 Auction market throughputs by region, GB, 2012

9.2 Auction market centres by region, GB, 2000-2012

Note: Data relates to finished markets only.Source: AHDB/EBLEX, LAA, IAAS

Note: Data relates to finished markets only.Source: AHDB/EBLEX, LAA, IAAS

(000 head) England Wales Scotland GB

Steers 74 6 12 92

Heifers 97 6 13 117

Young bulls 79 1 2 82

Total prime cattle 250 14 27 291

Cull cows 144 15 48 207

New season lambs 2,405 866 539 3,810

Old season lambs 1,386 358 412 2,156

Total lambs 3,791 1,224 951 5,966

Cull ewes 1,165 353 243 1,761

Total clean pigs 50 - - 50

Cull sows 13 - - 13

England Wales Scotland GB

2000 91 25 23 139

2007 76 24 16 116

2008 75 25 17 117

2009 74 25 17 116

2010 73 26 17 116

2011 73 27 18 118

2012 71 26 18 115

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Auction Markets

9.3 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, GB, 2012

9.4 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, England, 2012



Size group (head)Number of

auctioncentres

Total throughput (per head)

Average throughput (per head)

Share ofthroughput

(%)

1-20,000 21 205,849 9,802 2.7

20,001-40,000 20 600,759 30,038 7.8

40,001-60,000 22 1,057,675 48,076 13.7

60,001-80,000 18 1,224,733 68,041 15.9

80,001-100,000 7 629,827 89,975 8.2

>100,000 23 4,008,158 174,268 51.9

Total 111 7,727,001 69,613 100.0


auctioncentres



Share ofthroughput

(%)

1-20,000 13 123,954 9,535 2.5

20,001-40,000 14 415,202 29,657 8.4

40,001-60,000 13 639,148 49,165 12.9

60,001-80,000 11 769,691 69,972 15.5

80,001-100,000 5 452,544 90,509 9.1

>100,000 15 2,555,061 170,337 51.6

Total 71 4,955,600 69,797 100.0

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Auction Markets

9.5 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, Wales, 2012

9.6 Auction markets selling finished sheep by size, Scotland, 2012




auctioncentres



Share ofthroughput

(%)

1-20,000 6 61,602 10,267 3.9

20,001-40,000 5 164,430 32,886 10.4

40,001-60,000 5 214,181 42,836 14.0

60,001-80,000 5 326,203 65,241 20.7

80,001-100,000 1 91,897 91,897 6.0

>100,000 3 718,557 239,519 46.0

Total 25 1,576,870 63,075 100.0


auctioncentres



Share ofthroughput

(%)

1-20,000 2 20,293 10,147 1.7

20,001-40,000 1 21,127 21,127 1.8

40,001-60,000 4 204,346 51,087 17.1

60,001-80,000 2 128,839 64,420 10.8

80,001-100,000 1 85,386 85,386 7.1

>100,000 5 734,540 146,908 61.5

Total 15 1,194,531 79,635 100.0

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Auction Markets

9.7 Market share of largest auction markets selling prime lambs, GB, 2012

(a) In alphabetical, not size, order.Source: AHDB/EBLEX, LAA, IAAS

head % share

Total throughput 5,966,091 100.0

Top 3 658,672 11.0

Top 5 969,577 16.3

Top 10 1,623,083 27.2

10 largest auction markets (a):

Bentham Ruthin

Longtown Skipton

Ludlow St Asaph

Oswestry Stirling (UA)

Penrith Welshpool

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Carcase Classification

10.1 Percentage distribution of lamb carcases by conformation and fat class, GB, 2012

10.2 Percentage distribution of lamb carcases by conformation and fat class, England and Wales, 2012

10.3 Percentage change in distribution of lamb carcases, GB, 1995-2012

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Fat class Increasing fatness

All lambs 1 2 3L 3H 4L 4H 5 Total

Conf

orm

atio

n cl

ass

Impr

ovin

g co

nfor

mat

ion E 0.0 0.6 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.6

U 0.1 2.5 10.3 4.8 1.3 0.2 0.1 19.2

R 0.6 11.0 30.4 12.6 2.8 0.6 0.2 58.1

O 9.0 6.5 8.4 2.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 18.6

P 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5

Total 1.7 20.9 51.2 20.5 4.6 0.9 0.3

Fat class

(%) 1 2 3L 3H 4L 4H 5

England 1.2 20.3 52.7 20.2 4.3 1.1 0.4

Wales 1.7 21.2 50.9 20.9 4.3 0.9 0.2

Fat class

(%) 1 2 3 4 5

1995 1.0 19.4 67.4 6.6 0.7

2012 1.7 20.9 71.7 5.5 0.3

Conformation class

(%) E U R O P

England 1.1 12.3 67.1 18.8 0.8

Wales 5.3 23.1 53.3 18.0 0.3

Conformation class

(%) E U R O P

1995 2.8 19.3 51.0 22.0 4.9

2012 3.6 19.2 58.1 18.6 0.5

Carcase Classification

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10.4 Percentage of lambs meeting target specification by weight range, GB, 2012

Source: AHDB/EBLEX

Old season lambs New season lambs

8.9 0.5<12kg

16.2 2.0

90.6 81.9

34.8 5.012-15.9kg

47.4 8.9

60.2 43.7

53.4 14.616-19.9kg

67.6 16.2

32.0 16.1

52.7 36.4>20kg

59.0 37.0

10.9 4.0

Overall

57.5 23.4

19.1

Target sector - E, U or R conformation; 1,2 or 3L fatness

Too fat - 3H or fatter but of adequate conformation

Poor conformation - O or worse

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Notes

NotesThe Marketing ChainThe information given in this section has been produced by AHDB. It includes data derived from a number of sources as detailed elsewhere in the publication. In addition, and in order to give as full a picture as possible of the UK meat market, data in some areas has been estimated, based on various surveys and known information.

Livestock NumbersThe survey and census figures are collected for the United Kingdom and its regions by the various Agriculture Departments: Defra, Nawad, Dardni and Seerad. The census of agricultural holdings is carried out in June each year. December data is sample data.

Slaughterings and ProductionSlaughterings and production figures are provided by the UK Agriculture Departments. Further analysis, such as average carcase weights and the deadweight/liveweight marketing split, has been undertaken by AHDB.

ConsumptionThe data shown comes from a variety of sources, which are shown underneath each table. Due to the different methodologies employed by the various sources, it is sometimes not possible to make comparisons between the tables. It is, therefore, important that note is taken of the footnotes to the tables which indicate, for example, whether imported processed products are included or not, and if consumption both in and outside the home has been measured.

Livestock and Meat PricesAll data is sourced from AHDB unless otherwise indicated. Deadweight producer prices are collected from a sample of abattoirs, while liveweight producer prices are collected from a large sample of auction markets. For more information about how this data is collected, contact the Market Intelligence Department of AHDB.

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Imports and ExportsStatistics for trade between the UK and non-EU countries are collected by HM Revenue & Customs at the point of entry and exit. For trade with other EU countries, a system called Intrastat is used, based on trade undertaken by traders over a threshold value. Where trade data is given for EU-27, the 12 new Member States are included in trade figures prior to January 2007 for comparison purposes.

The trade figures are subject to revision as more information becomes available.

AbattoirsStatistics shown are based on data collected by AHDB. For comparison purposes, some of the throughput figures are quoted in GB Livestock Units (GBU) where 1 GBU = 1 cattle beast = 2 pigs = 5 sheep.

Auction MarketsAll data is based on sales of finished stock only from markets which reported prices to AHDB. For comparison purposes, some of the throughput figures are quoted in GB Livestock Units (GBU) where: 1 GBU = 1 cattle beast = 2 pigs = 5 sheep.

Carcase ClassificationAll data is sourced from AHDB, based on carcases classified by Meat & Livestock Commercial Services Ltd. For cattle, the sampling rate of carcases in 2012 was 1 in 3 and 412,632 carcases were analysed. For sheep, the sampling rate was 1 in 25 with 133,398 carcases analysed.

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