Lamb prices: questions and answers
Lamb: median wholesale price 9.60 EUR/kg across 39 markets in 24 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of lamb today?
The median wholesale price of lamb was 9.60 EUR/kg across 79 current quotes on 39 markets in 24 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 8.00 and 11.23 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 lamb?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Carcass | 66 | 9.75 EUR/kg |
| Live animals | 9 | 4.62 EUR/kg |
The markets quoting this product do not name a type, so all quotes are compared together.
Where are prices of lamb lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of lamb were lowest in Canada (4.62 EUR/kg), Finland (6.74 EUR/kg), Latvia (7.26 EUR/kg) and highest in Portugal (12.4 EUR/kg), Croatia (12.4 EUR/kg), Spain (12.1 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of lamb in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 9 | 4.62 EUR/kg | 7.22 CAD/kg |
| Spain | 3 | 12.1 EUR/kg | — |
| France | 2 | 9.75 EUR/kg | — |
| Croatia | 2 | 12.4 EUR/kg | — |
| Slovenia | 2 | 8.09 EUR/kg | — |
| Finland | 2 | 6.74 EUR/kg | — |
| Sweden | 2 | 7.74 EUR/kg | — |
| Turkey | 1 | 11.6 EUR/kg | 645.0 TRY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting lamb; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of lamb going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 27 of 55 quotes for lamb rose, 19 fell and 9 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
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 lamb prices?
39 markets in 24 countries have current lamb quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- MIN Rungis France · 29 quotes
- Mercamurcia Spain · 8 quotes
- TISUP producer prices, Croatia Croatia · 5 quotes
- MLA National Livestock Reporting Service indicators Australia · 5 quotes
- Mercamadrid Spain · 4 quotes
- ARSKTRP producer prices, Slovenia Slovenia · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Bulgaria Bulgaria · 2 quotes
- EU price reporting: Spain Spain · 2 quotes
Why are there so many different lamb prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 60 different lamb quote names, for example: Lamb (carcass) covered fat finish 16-22 kg EU (including UK) grade E; Live lambs, Farm weight 10–12 kg; Lamb carcasses, light lambs, category B1; Light lambs; Suckling lamb, extra, first (6 kg and 6–7 kg) and second grades; Lamb carcasses, lambs up to 12 months, under 13 kg.
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Which country produces the most lamb?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of sheep was 1.36 billion head in 2024. The largest producer was China with 13.4% of the world total, followed by India and Australia.
Where do these lamb 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 lamb prices updated?
The latest lamb quote is from 11 November 2026; 3 of 39 markets published lamb 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 lamb prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for lamb 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.