Calf prices: questions and answers
Calves: median wholesale price 7.21 EUR/kg across 27 markets in 14 countries, quotes to 5 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of calves today?
The median wholesale price of calves was 7.21 EUR/kg across 36 current quotes on 27 markets in 14 countries (latest quote 5 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 6.51 and 8.38 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of calves?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Live calves | 23 | 7.15 EUR/kg |
| Half | 7 | 8.75 EUR/kg |
| Busts | 6 | 5.82 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of calves in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 10 | 7.31 EUR/kg | 11.4 CAD/kg |
| Italy | 4 | 7.25 EUR/kg | — |
| Croatia | 2 | 5.57 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting calves; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of calves going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 12 of 59 quotes for calves rose, 31 fell and 16 were unchanged; the median change was −0.9%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish calf prices?
27 markets in 14 countries have current calf quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Milan Wholesale Market Italy · 6 quotes
- Modena Wholesale Market Italy · 5 quotes
- TISUP producer prices, Croatia Croatia · 3 quotes
- Ragusa Wholesale Market Italy · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Austria Austria · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Belgium Belgium · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Germany Germany · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Spain Spain · 2 quotes
Why are there so many different calf prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 16 different calf quote names, for example: Calf busts extra duty-free market; Calf busts qty1 straight from processing plant; Calves, beef breeds and crosses, 160–300 kg; Calf busts qty1 duty-free market; Male calves, beef type, per head; Male calves, beef type, per head.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these calf prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are calf prices updated?
The latest calf quote is from 5 November 2026; 1 of 27 markets published calf prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download calf prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for calf prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.