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January 2024

Updated 24 December 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Compensation payable during January 2024, in England, for a bovine animal compulsorily slaughtered for Bovine TB, Brucellosis and EBL disease control purposes will be as detailed below.

Non-pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Male (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 3 months 199
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 466
Over 6 months up to and including 9 months 772
Over 9 months up to and including 12 months 869
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 1,103
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 1,379
Over 20 months, non-breeding bulls 1,423
Over 20 months, breeding bulls 1,407
Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 3 months 149
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 402
Over 6 months up to and including 9 months 654
Over 9 months up to and including 12 months 692
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 889
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months (including calved) 1,235
Over 20 months, not calved 1,352
Over 20 months, calved 1,139

Dairy sector

Male (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 3 months 76
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 193
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 389
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 844
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 982
Over 20 months 1,057
Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, not calved 972
Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 3 months 100
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 313
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 442
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 660
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 758
Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, calved 1,478
Over 84 months 906

Pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Where ‘IV’ is shown, compensation to be determined using individual valuation.

Male (age) – applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 6 months IV
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months IV
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 5,113
Over 24 months, bulls 2,237
Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 6 months IV
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 2,769
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 2,547
Over 24 months, not calved 2,454
Over 24 months up to and including 36 months, calved IV
Over 36 months, calved 2,446

Dairy sector

Where ‘IV’ is shown, compensation to be determined using individual valuation.

Male (age) - applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 2 months IV
Over 2 months up to and including 12 months IV
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 3,447
Over 24 months, bulls IV
Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 2 months 446
Over 2 months up to and including 10 months 1,244
Over 10 months up to and including 18 months 1,086
Over 18 months, not calved 1,330
Over 18 months up to and including 36 months, calved 1,951
Over 36 months up to and including 84 months, calved 1,717
Over 84 months, calved 1,079

Notes

  1. The above table details the compensation payable for those animals slaughtered because they are either affected with bovine TB, BSE, Brucellosis or EBL or are suspected of having one of these diseases; or are the offspring or cohorts of confirmed BSE cases.

  2. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for Bovine TB, EBL and Brucellosis is calculated in England under the Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019 (based upon average livestock market prices for the relevant categories) and the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2019. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for BSE is calculated in England under the TSE (England) Regulations 2018, in Wales under the TSE (Wales) Regulations 2018, and in Scotland under the TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (as amended), which use data from the same system as England.

  3. Table valuations are entirely objective and based on real market data. Rates for the 51 cattle categories are determined using large amounts of contemporaneous sales data for same category, but disease free, cattle. Sales data for around 1.4m cattle is collected each year to support table valuations. For non-pedigree table values one month’s sales data is used, whereas 6 months’ data is used to determine table values for pedigree animals to ensure that data from either of the key sales periods in spring or autumn is included in the calculation.

  4. The values in the table of categories above have been derived from sales information obtained from store markets, prime markets, rearing calf sales, breeding sales and dispersal sales in Great Britain between 20 November 2023 and 20 December 2023 for non-pedigree animals, and between 21 June 2023 and 20 December 2023 for pedigree animals.

  5. Each calendar year, a statistical analysis of sales data collected during a twelve-month period, is carried out to determine the minimum number of sales records required to enable Defra to have 95% confidence that the market price calculated for each category is within 20% of the population mean (all cattle sales for that category). This statistical data has helped Defra identify the level of variability in sales prices for each category. This intelligence is used to determine when there is insufficient data to support a table valuation for any particular category.

  6. Where the Secretary of State considers that the sales data for any particular bovine category in any given month are inadequate, or such price data is unavailable, the compensation payable will either be at the level of the most recently ascertained value for the same category, or alternatively the Secretary of State may opt to pay compensation  at the level of the market value of the animal in question, as ascertained under the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2019 or the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018.

  7. Where an owner slaughters an animal voluntarily and privately (which must be agreed with the department) no compensation is payable, i.e., the owner accepts the salvage payment from the slaughterhouse in lieu of Defra compensation.

  8. Compensation may be reduced for TB reactor cattle disclosed in herds with overdue TB tests.

Date published: December 2023 APHA TB Finance Team.