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November 2023

Updated 24 December 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Compensation payable during November 2023, in England for a bovine animal compulsorily slaughtered for Bovine TB, Brucellosis and EBL disease control purposes will be as detailed in the tables on this page.

Table of non-pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Male (age) Compensation due (£/head) Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 3 months 202 Up to and including 3 months 149
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 672 Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 563
Over 6 months up to and including 9 months 890 Over 6 months up to and including 9 months 763
Over 9 months up to and including12 months 1,015 Over 9 months up to and including 12 months 851
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 1,158 Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 999
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 1,325 Over 16 months up to and including 20 months (including calved) 1,163
Over 20 months, non-breeding bulls 1,354 Over 20 months, not calved 1,225
Over 20 months, breeding bulls 1,473 Over 20 months, calved 1,040

Dairy sector

Male (age) Compensation due (£/head) Female (age) Compensation due (£/head
Up to and including 3 months 74 Up to and including 3 months 110
Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 202 Over 3 months up to and including 6 months 273
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 429 Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 569
Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 717 Over 12 months up to and including 16 months 686
Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 881 Over 16 months up to and including 20 months 753
Over 20 months 1,030 Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, calved 1,426
    Over 20 months up to and including 84 months, not calved 984
    Over 84 months 911

Table of pedigree bovine categories

Beef sector

Male (age) – applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation Compensation due (£/head) Female (age) Compensation due (£/head)
Up to and including 6 months Individual valuation Up to and including 6 months Individual valuation
Over 6 months up to and including 12 months Individual valuation Over 6 months up to and including 12 months 1,879
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 5,021 Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 2,068
Over 24 months, bulls 2,897 Over 24 months, not calved 2,121
    Over 24 months up to and including 36 months, calved Individual valuation
    Over 36 months, calved 1,600

Dairy sector

Male (age) – applies to entire males (bulls) only. Steers receive non-pedigree compensation Compensation due (£/hour) Female Compensation due (£/hour)
Up to and including 2 months Individual valuation Up to and including 2 months 424
Over 2 months up to and including 12 months Individual valuation Over 2 months up to and including 10 months 1,202
Over 12 months up to and including 24 months 3,447 Over 10 months up to and including 18 months 1,157
Over 24 months, bulls Individual valuation Over 18 months, not calved 1,446
    Over 18 months up to and including 36 months, calved 1,986
    Over 36 months up to and including 84 months, calved 1,836
    Over 84 months, calved 1,155

Notes

  1. The dairy 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 September 2023 and 20 October 2023 for non-pedigree animals, and between 21 April 2023 and 20 October 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, ie 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:  October 2023 APHA TB Finance Team