The ALP Board has decided to discontinue sharing our e-communication Marketline and uploading these reports to our website. This decision is due to skewed data that can give an inaccurate picture of the current Alberta market. For example, auction marts in Alberta do not provide averages or the number of heads sold in each category.
Additionally, ALP has no way to verify the information, which risks presenting misleading market data. To avoid this, as of June 1, 2023, ALP no longer distributes these market updates.
Producers can still access weekly auction mart reports from Alberta and Ontario on our website.
Other Markets
Marketing Resources
- ‘Marketing Your Lambs’: ALP
Management Module - Marketing Contacts
- Holiday Markets
- Red Meat and Supply Reports: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Quarterly Market Reports
Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation’s Provincial Livestock Market Anaylst, Ann Boyda, prepares a quarterly report on the sheep industry. These reports can be found published in our N’ewesletter, or here below.
- Winter 2026 – This market update looks at the current lamb and sheep market trends with a focus on what is driving current demand and supply dynamics.
- Fall 2025 – This update looks at the current size of Alberta’s sheep sector, the price trends it faces and some of the global dynamics influencing the industry.
- Summer 2025 – The 2025 spring season has supported strong lamb prices, but higher breeding stock values have contributed to the decline in flock size since 2023. Alberta sheep producers do not export but will be monitoring for any impacts that recent tariff threats may have on input supplies, cost of production and retail prices. Robust market demand through Easter and upcoming ethnic religious holidays in June and September suggest stable market conditions throughout the rest of 2025.
- Spring 2025 – The global economy is facing greater uncertainties and challenges, including critical trade relations, inflation, changing trade flows and other market disruptions. Recently released Statistics Canada data on sheep and lamb inventories provides a picture of where the industry currently stands. Market data suggests firm prices but a smaller breeding flock and subsequent smaller lamb crop going forward.