{"id":5774,"date":"2025-11-06T16:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meatpromotion.wales\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:14:20","slug":"an-analysis-of-sheep-sector-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meatpromotion.wales\/en\/newsroom\/an-analysis-of-sheep-sector-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"An analysis of sheep sector trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Market Bulletin focuses on the UK sheep sector, highlighting current trends and key factors influencing the market.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total sheep &amp; lamb throughput for 2025 (up to September) is steady on year-earlier levels at 9.3 million head \u2013 just 0.2% higher than the same period in 2024 (DEFRA).<\/li>\n<li>Prime lambs made up a higher proportion of the total throughput at 89%.<\/li>\n<li>Year-to date fresh &amp; frozen\u00a0UK exports are up 13% at 55,300 tonnes, with 95% of shipments destined for the EU.<\/li>\n<li>Imports of fresh &amp; frozen\u00a0sheep meat for the first 8 months of 2025 are up 7% on the year to 50,600 tonnes.<\/li>\n<li>Consumers continue to face higher retail prices due to a rise in inflation. In terms of consumer sales, volume and spend on lamb are down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the full analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/m365.eu.vadesecure.com\/safeproxy\/v4?f=Ll-0WkQtWpjBGPTObgDD8ejchZYv6zKVQHzhKxyANKBcmvNUf_ort6Qy28edR2PK&amp;i=9FbQvehsYEmO4gV7yykbdTg0BtBpe35LqrD12L8MRFl-GjSI4Ek9cZwvN0ttGt--rkj5ImJ7glVGrVWDBpGJlg&amp;k=OYlp&amp;r=_xrHWWUrvq37VDEt7fzGq2Bu9-qGKgNLNJY4HXMcM7BMuYmZhIdBwrB_vyIeSZ4a&amp;s=d8402bce7bc6366c5e35fd1b543cac943274ab7e988a51cb552045c329816cb7&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeatpromotion.wales%2Fen%2Fmarket-intelligence%2Fmarket-bulletin%2F\">click HERE<\/a>\u00a0to read October\u2019s Market Bulletin. It also includes a monthly market round-up on prices and throughput of cattle, sheep and pigs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Market Bulletin focuses on the UK sheep sector, highlighting current trends and key factors influencing the market. Key points: Total sheep &amp; lamb throughput for 2025 (up to September) is steady on year-earlier levels at 9.3 million head \u2013 just 0.2% higher than the same period in 2024 (DEFRA). Prime lambs made up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/meatpromotion.wales\/en\/newsroom\/an-analysis-of-sheep-sector-trends\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-supply-chain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An analysis of sheep sector trends - Hybu Cig Cymru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hybu Cig Cymru- Meat Promotion Wales. 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