What is the price of mutton per kilogram/pound in Canada today?
The retail price range for Canada mutton is between US$ 3.45 and US$ 18.74 per kilogram or between US$ 1.57 and US$ 8.50 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of mutton in Canada
The retail price range in Canadian Dollar for mutton is between CAD 4.66 and CAD 25.30 per kilogram or between CAD 2.11 and CAD 11.47 per pound(lb) in Ottawa and Montréal.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Canada mutton is between US$ 2.42 and US$ 13.12 per kilogram or between US$ 1.10 and US$ 5.95 per pound(lb).
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Canada Mutton Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Mutton from Canada over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 8.51 US dollars, followed by a sharp increase to 13.13 US dollars in 2018. The price then dropped to 7.98 US dollars in 2019 and rose again to 8.76 US dollars in 2020. 2021 saw a slight decrease to 7.79 US dollars, and the most recent year, 2022, saw a significant increase to 16.08 US dollars. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price of Mutton from Canada in 2023 will be around 8.76 US dollars, and in 2024 it will be around 9.54 US dollars.The mutton exports from Canada are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled sheep carcases and half-carcases (excluding lambs) (HS code 020421)
- Fresh or chilled cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020422)
- Frozen sheep carcases and half-carcases (excluding lambs) (HS code 020441)
- Frozen cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020442)
- Frozen lamb carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020430)
- Fresh or chilled lamb carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020410)
- Fresh or chilled boneless cuts of sheep (HS code 020423)
- Frozen boneless cuts of sheep (HS code 020443)
Canada Mutton Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Mutton into Canada over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2017, the price was 8.51 US dollars per kg, which was the highest in the five year period. This was followed by a sharp decline in 2018 to 13.13 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price dropped further to 7.98 US dollars per kg, the lowest in the five year period. However, the price has been on the rise since then, reaching 8.76 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 7.79 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows that the price has increased to 16.08 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on the current trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Mutton into Canada will continue to increase in the next two years. We predict that the price will reach 17.08 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 18.08 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Canada mutton
The total values in export for mutton in Canada were US$ 803, US$ 1,571, US$ 1,831 and US$ 1,086 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Canada mutton - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of mutton shipped by Canada in 2020 was 123 metric tonnes. In 2019 Canada shipped 125 tonnes of mutton. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Canada mutton (meat category) has decreased, recording a change of -18.301 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, mutton's exports went down by -28.57% netting the country US$1.09m for the year 2019. Canada's mutton exports are classified as:
- Frozen lamb carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020430)
- Fresh or chilled boneless cuts of sheep (HS code 020423)
- Frozen sheep carcases and half-carcases (excluding lambs) (HS code 020441)
- Frozen boneless cuts of sheep (HS code 020443)
- Fresh or chilled sheep carcases and half-carcases (excluding lambs) (HS code 020421)
- Fresh or chilled lamb carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020410)
- Frozen cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020442)
- Fresh or chilled cuts of sheep, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020422)
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Canada mutton export values
In 2019, Canada exported mutton worth 1.09m USD, a reduction of -40.47% from 2018's total mutton export of 1.831m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Canada mutton between 2017 to 2018 was 16.55 per cent.
The annual change in the amount of Canada's mutton exports between 2017 and 2019 was -28.57 percent in comparison to a variation of -18.301% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Canada's stake of the world's total mutton's exports in 2019 was 12.3 pc. Canada holds position 5 in world exports of mutton.
Export markets for Canada mutton ( in '000$ )
Canada's top destinations for mutton are United Arab Emirates (UAE), US, Australia, the Netherlands and France.
Canada purchased 21,687 tonnes of mutton in 2019.
Canada lamb and sheep meat price brief
According to the Agriculture Ministry, Canada exported CA$1.6 million of lamb and sheep meat in 2019. The main destination markets were the United States, China and the Middle-east.
Lamb is not very ingrained in the Canadian market as it represents a market value of only 4% of the US$18.4 billion-strong retail meat industry. However, projections between 2019 and 2023 showed that local lamb meat demand is growing by 3% annually
Prepared lamb takes 8.3% of all lamb market trade within Canada. Lamb sausages have been taking the lion’s share of the lamb meat market, at 24.9%, since 2019.
Live weight lamb prices in Canada
Current price: US$3.8 per liveweight kg
Liveweight prices for lamb in Canada decreased by 2.3% in 2023 from 2022. However, the prices are still 15.6% above 5-year averages, since 2018.
Alberta province was selling a live lamb at CA$28.07 (US$188.34) per hundredweight in most of 2023. This amounts to US$3.8 per kg.
Lamb meat prices in Canada
Current price per pound: from CA$11.95 (US$8.72) to CA$27.50 (US$20.07)
Price per kg: US$19.18 to 44.15 per kg
Lamb meat and mutton prices per pound in Canada rose gradually in 2023. Import prices of boneless cuts and frozen sheep meat ( including lamb) rose by 3% by February, 2023. The price per imported ton was US$8,204.
The retail prices for mutton and lamb also picked for “half lamb dressed,” which costs the least at CA$11.95 (US$8.72) a pound.
Lamb chops, leg of lamb, shank and loin chops cost from 12 Canadian dollars and above, peaking at more than 27 Canadian dollars per pound for loin chops.