Livestock price data

September 2026

Indicative organic livestock prices courtesy of the Organic Livestock Marketing Co-operative (OLMC), updated September 2026. Please visit the OLMC website for more information.

Please note, prices serve as a guide only and are averaged from information collected from key producers and traders. Accurate at time of writing but may alter due to market volatility. 

Finished Stock Marketing Report

Courtesy of Tim Leigh, OLMC.

Prime Cattle

The prime organic beef market has been fairly static over the past month. Sales remain very steady and are currently not allowing room for greater numbers of supply. The hot weather has slowed the summer finishing down, with some looking to provide supplement feed to cattle to keep them going forward. The trade still maintains itself above 700p/kg and would look to remain that way, but we could see a flush of cattle at the end of the season as grass completely runs out and the weather turns. This could impact adversely on price, but unlikely to be dramatic.

Average R4L Organic UTM in spec @ 720p/kg deadweight.

Cull Cow

There has been a weakening in cull cow prices over the past weeks, numbers are meeting the current demand for the summer period. The outlook should see the trade improve into the autumn/ early winter.

Average R4L Organic OTM cow in spec @ 520p/kg deadweight.

Lamb

The organic hogget season hung on well into June, the numbers of new season (NSL) starting to come through early July. Currently the supply of NSL is growing week on week, thus the price has come back as it has with the conventional trade.

Average R3L Organic NSL in spec @ 770p/kg deadweight.

Tim Leigh

07850 366404

Store Cattle Report

Courtesy of Peter Jones, OLMC.

The change in grass growth is nothing short of extraordinary. With what seems to be a series of wet days and nights, but no major downpours in most areas the grass has turned from a yellow brown burnt colour to green and very green with grass growth recovering very quickly. After last year’s drought the grass seemed to take weeks to recover, whereas this year recovery has been within days.

The cattle trade continues to be very buoyant with organic store cattle traded through OLMC being around 2% higher than 12 months ago, which would reflect national trends and conversely finished cattle 3-4 % lower than the corresponding period last year.

As I write the in the first weeks of September we are flooded out with cattle, the normal surge in numbers at this time of the year has occurred at the beginning of the month rather than the end of September. We can accurately predict that this surge will dry up as quickly as it started, so if you are wanting cattle now is the time to get stocked up.

The store lamb trade has started stronger than 12 months ago, although it's always hard to judge with size and quality of lambs varying from year to year. We are able to supply store lambs in groups from 100 to 500 and have lambs currently available.

Our organic dairy stock trading department has been busier than ever this summer with demand for in milk or point of calving cows and heifers being as strong as ever, reflecting the strong organic milk price.

If you are contemplating reducing numbers or a herd dispersal, please get in touch. We can offer a very professional service and our presence in the organic dairy sector gives us a marked advantage over other operators.

If we can help in any way with your marketing requirements, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Peter Jones

01829730580

07720892922

p.jones@peterjoneslivestock.co.uk

Further information

Further market information can be found by visiting the Meadow Quality website, and the Farm Stock (Scotland) website.