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Kenya Live Cattle Prices

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What is the price of live cattle per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?

The retail price range for Kenya live cattle is between US$ 1.96 and US$ 2.45 per kilogram or between US$ 0.89 and US$ 1.11 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live cattle in Kenya

The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for live cattle is between KES 272.22 and KES 340.28 per kilogram or between KES 123.46 and KES 154.32 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.




Wholesale prices

In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya live cattle is between US$ 1.37 and US$ 1.72 per kilogram or between US$ 0.62 and US$ 0.78 per pound(lb).




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Kenya Live Cattle Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction

The export price per kilogram of Live Cattle from Kenya over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price was 4.79 US dollars per kg, followed by a sharp increase to 39.17 US dollars per kg in 2020. This was followed by a decrease to 3.59 US dollars per kg in 2021. Looking at the trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Live Cattle from Kenya in 2023 will be around 2.50 US dollars per kg and in 2024 around 3.00 US dollars per kg.

The exports of live cattle from Kenya are categorised as:

  • Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)
  • Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)


Kenya Live Cattle Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction

The import price per kilogram of Live Cattle from Kenya over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the import price was 4.79 US dollars per kg, followed by 1.74 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the import price dropped to 0.55 US dollars per kg, before rising sharply to 39.17 US dollars per kg in 2020. The import price then dropped to 3.59 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price of Live Cattle from Kenya will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the import price in 2023 will be around 3.59 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 3.60 US dollars per kg.


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Export values for Kenya live cattle

The total values in export for live cattle in Kenya were US$ 64, US$ 158, US$ 600 and US$ 907 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.



Kenya live cattle - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Kenya shipped 1,637 tonnes of live cattle. In 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya live cattle (livestock category) has gone up, recording a change of 375.872 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live cattle's exports increased by 4860.61% netting Kenya US$0.91m for the year 2019. Kenya's live cattle exports are categorised as:

  • Pure-bred cattle for breeding (HS code 010221)
  • Live cattle (excluding pure-bred for breeding) (HS code 010229)

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Kenya live cattle export values

In 2019, Kenya exported live cattle with a value of 0.91m USD, an increase of 51.67% from 2018's total live cattle export of 0.6m USD. The yearly change in value of Kenya live cattle between 2017 to 2018 was 279.747%.

The annual variation in the amount of Kenya's live cattle exports between 2017 and 2019 was 4860.61 pc when compared to a variation of 375.872% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

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Export markets for Kenya live cattle ( in '000$ )

Kenya's top export markets for live cattle are Tanzania, Uganda, Seychelles, Mauritius and Burundi.

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Kenya purchased 35 tonnes of live cattle in 2019.



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