Average price of lamb shoulder in the UK since 1971
£8.68
58p
The ONS published an average UK price for lamb shoulder, per kg for 50 years, from 1971 (58p) to 2020 (£8.68). The highest yearly average is £8.68 in 2020. The largest rise from one year to the next was +29.4%, in 1973. In 2020 the average was +6.4% on 2019; all-items CPI inflation that year was 0.9%. Ten years earlier, in 2010, the average was £6.03.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per kg) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £8.68 | +6.4% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £8.16 | -0.9% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £8.23 | +7.3% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £7.67 | +1.1% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £7.59 | -2.4% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £7.78 | -0.9% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £7.85 | +3.4% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £7.59 | +3.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £7.32 | +6.1% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £6.90 | +14.4% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £6.03 | +10.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £5.46 | +11.9% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £4.88 | +15.6% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £4.22 | -0.2% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £4.23 | +5.2% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £4.02 | -5.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £4.24 | -0.5% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £4.26 | +12.4% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £3.79 | +7.1% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £3.54 | +4.1% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £3.40 | +5.3% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £3.23 | +1.9% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £3.17 | -15.2% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £3.74 | -4.8% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £3.93 | +9.2% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £3.60 | +8.1% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £3.33 | +7.8% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £3.09 | +17.0% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £2.64 | +8.6% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £2.43 | -8.3% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £2.65 | +6.9% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £2.48 | +5.1% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £2.36 | -1.3% | |
| 1987 | £2.39 | -2.8% | |
| 1986 | £2.46 | +4.2% | |
| 1985 | £2.36 | +0.4% | |
| 1984 | £2.35 | +1.7% | |
| 1983 | £2.31 | -2.5% | |
| 1982 | £2.37 | +7.7% | |
| 1981 | £2.20 | +11.7% | |
| 1980 | £1.97 | -1.0% | |
| 1979 | £1.99 | +11.2% | |
| 1978 | £1.79 | +12.6% | |
| 1977 | £1.59 | +21.4% | |
| 1976 | £1.31 | +24.8% | |
| 1975 | £1.05 | +11.7% | |
| 1974 | 94p | +6.8% | |
| 1973 | 88p | +29.4% | |
| 1972 | 68p | +17.2% | |
| 1971 | 58p |
ONS series CZPC. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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