Price Monitoring of Beef

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Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Tike

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Description

The Price Monitoring of Beef gives the average price for slaughter carcasses of each type of bovine animal in certain EUROP quality and fat quality classes.

Content

Information is collected on the number, weight in kilos and price (EUR/100 kg, including delivery to the slaughterhouse) of bull, cow and heifer carcasses in both Finland and other EU countries.

Categories

Data is presented by the type of animal (bull, heifer, cow), both by EUROP quality class and on average for all quality classes.

Data collection and sources

Data is collected using a questionnaire sent to all Finnish slaughterhouses that process over 20,000 full-grown cattle per year. Prices for other EU countries are collated from European Commission reports.

Update frequency

Data is collected weekly.

Preparation and publication schedule

The Prices of Cattle Carcasses in Finland and the Prices of Cattle Carcasses in the EU reports are both published on Wednesdays. Finnish prices are given for the previous week, while the EU prices shown are for two weeks ago.

Time series

Data is available from 1995 onwards.

Keywords

Cattle, slaughter carcass, beef, bull, heifer, cow, quality class, price, price monitoring, Finland, EU countries

Contact details

Name: Outa, Pia
Telephone: +358 20 77 21289