Meat prices drifted lower over the quarter. As of 4 November 2026, the 80 indexed meat materials averaged -0.7% over three months and -2.3% over a year. Fallers outnumbered risers by 45 to 33, with 2 unchanged. The group covers 86 materials across butcher's meat, poultry, game and rabbit, and deli products.
Poultry is the weakest family, down 2.7% over three months and 2.2% over a year. Butcher's meat was nearly flat at -0.1%, and deli at -0.2%. Game meat and rabbit is the only family in positive territory over the quarter, up 6.0%, though it remains 4.2% below a year ago.
Rabbit posted the group's biggest gain, +20.7% over three months. Chuck steak and beef shoulder each rose 7.9%, yet both are still 14.8% lower than a year ago. At the bottom, veal onglet fell 20.8% and turkey leg 16.6%, while upper chicken thigh, listed as upper chicken stir-fry, lost 13.7%.
The news gathered in the notes points to tight livestock supply in places. French sheep farmers reported a shortfall of lambs on 8 October, and on 22 October Australian lamb prices surged as the national flock fell to a historic low.
Broad beef edged up 0.4% over three months but is 5.2% lower on the year. Its note reports a fourth straight week of gains for prime cattle prices in Great Britain on 11 October, amid supply constraints.
Pork news was weaker. EU pork exports were reported down for the first seven months of 2026 on 28 October, and the Normandy pig sector described itself as struggling on 29 October. In poultry, the EU suspended Brazilian poultry and beef imports over antimicrobial compliance on 21 October, and a fire hit a duck processing plant in the Gers on 29 October.