Japan Wagyu Calf Auction Prices
Monthly results of feeder calf auctions in Japan for Japanese Black and Japanese Brown Wagyu, Holstein and crossbred (F1) calves: number traded, average price for females, males and both, average weight, average age and price per kilogram.
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | 07-2023 | 06-2023 | |
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| Japanese Black (Wagyu): calves traded | 30,444 | 27,051 | 29,329 | 27,141 | 28,383 | 23,659 | 28,678 | 28,501 | 28,833 | 25,775 | 30,586 | 22,798 | 32,939 | 28,238 | 31,179 | 30,250 | 25,620 | 30,128 | 30,279 | 31,404 | 28,700 | 31,079 | 24,576 | 33,495 | 30,124 | 32,782 | 30,205 | 32,504 | 26,530 | 31,563 | 31,531 | 32,454 | 28,509 | 32,045 | 25,131 | 33,347 | 29,395 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): average price2 | 839.9 | 844.04 | 852.27 | 860.92 | 842.05 | 811.53 | 774.06 | 772.56 | 719.2 | 670.48 | 667.06 | 662.74 | 646.6 | 648.89 | 666.81 | 633.08 | 595.92 | 555.31 | 560.01 | 522.76 | 501.35 | 501.21 | 509.88 | 510.13 | 530.39 | 540.05 | 587.1 | 581.15 | 571.88 | 548.16 | 553.55 | 522.26 | 500.31 | 505.66 | 535.02 | 543.71 | 568.46 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): average price, female | 779.9 | 782.93 | 789.46 | 792.24 | 775.29 | 750.7 | 712.22 | 710.05 | 654.26 | 605.67 | 602.38 | 598.14 | 586.84 | 585.23 | 601.26 | 559.11 | 519.99 | 487.07 | 492.45 | 457.3 | 433.57 | 436.08 | 439.74 | 448.23 | 463.61 | 470.76 | 508.15 | 505.29 | 502.24 | 487.2 | 492.16 | 459.68 | 436.65 | 442.26 | 468.38 | 482.94 | 502.16 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): average price, male | 887.92 | 892.05 | 900.93 | 914.85 | 894.03 | 861.34 | 823.32 | 822.41 | 770.86 | 721.09 | 716.3 | 713.07 | 694.52 | 698.18 | 717.15 | 691.17 | 655.99 | 609.75 | 612.39 | 569.62 | 553.71 | 553.19 | 564.5 | 558.93 | 582.21 | 593.98 | 648.42 | 639.61 | 627.24 | 595.93 | 602.16 | 571.46 | 548.79 | 554.11 | 586.34 | 590.96 | 618.6 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): average weight | 309.29 | 311.13 | 310.33 | 306.45 | 302.29 | 303.94 | 301.89 | 301.25 | 304.15 | 302.24 | 303.74 | 301.61 | 305.4 | 309.4 | 306.52 | 297.48 | 298.83 | 296.45 | 297.12 | 297.97 | 299.66 | 298.66 | 298.45 | 302.02 | 306.05 | 302.94 | 300.22 | 296.38 | 296 | 295 | 293 | 296 | 297 | 296 | 298 | 297 | 303 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): average age | 282.91 | 284.09 | 284.95 | 284.09 | 283.24 | 287.23 | 286.51 | 284.18 | 286.97 | 285.65 | 286.66 | 284.88 | 285.52 | 287.83 | 286.67 | 285.66 | 288.26 | 287.76 | 285.23 | 287.68 | 286.69 | 286.73 | 284.74 | 285.91 | 287.12 | 286.78 | 285.87 | 285.33 | 286 | 287 | 283 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 284 | 283 | 285 | |
| Japanese Black (Wagyu): price per kg | 2,715.56 | 2,712.78 | 2,746.35 | 2,809.34 | 2,785.61 | 2,670.06 | 2,564.03 | 2,564.52 | 2,364.64 | 2,218.35 | 2,196.17 | 2,197.35 | 2,117.19 | 2,097.23 | 2,175.44 | 2,128.13 | 1,994.18 | 1,873.18 | 1,884.8 | 1,754.44 | 1,673.08 | 1,678.18 | 1,708.45 | 1,689.07 | 1,733.06 | 1,782.7 | 1,955.54 | 1,960.82 | 1,930 | 1,861 | 1,887 | 1,766 | 1,686 | 1,710 | 1,796 | 1,829 | 1,875 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): calves traded | 381 | 404 | 397 | 312 | 361 | 331 | 362 | 384 | 392 | 325 | 332 | 324 | 390 | 365 | 356 | 307 | 340 | 360 | 324 | 368 | 335 | 323 | 334 | 354 | 359 | 378 | 364 | 379 | 329 | 366 | 363 | 388 | 332 | 338 | 279 | 362 | 370 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): average price2 | 756.01 | 714.69 | 731.84 | 776.6 | 708.62 | 714.72 | 679.78 | 689.39 | 614.61 | 627.2 | 618.85 | 613.24 | 574.43 | 580.76 | 623.68 | 661.14 | 659.45 | 641.64 | 666.31 | 651.8 | 657.24 | 668.8 | 631.45 | 609.54 | 598.65 | 597.64 | 611.84 | 561.44 | 606.84 | 563.11 | 579.62 | 555.66 | 561.19 | 553.63 | 552.64 | 526.51 | 525.96 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): average price, female | 728.17 | 674.59 | 694.83 | 742.96 | 679.77 | 677.41 | 641.03 | 640.19 | 565.53 | 581.59 | 581.82 | 574 | 536.55 | 548.09 | 575.01 | 618.99 | 606.49 | 591.84 | 630.66 | 615.98 | 608.96 | 625.65 | 588.8 | 567.48 | 558.41 | 559.03 | 582.41 | 512.67 | 556.59 | 510.52 | 531.01 | 493.45 | 521.77 | 520.68 | 514.32 | 475.76 | 458.2 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): average price, male | 776.82 | 753.62 | 762.23 | 811.12 | 734.3 | 743.45 | 710.81 | 734.18 | 653.78 | 669.83 | 660.13 | 652 | 606.56 | 612.19 | 662.96 | 697.88 | 707.65 | 679.3 | 697.05 | 680.92 | 697.82 | 707.63 | 665.79 | 645.02 | 636.93 | 624.48 | 637.63 | 603.72 | 644.99 | 618.05 | 619.68 | 612.95 | 593.68 | 585.8 | 586.08 | 559.64 | 581.11 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): average weight | 324.05 | 332.29 | 321.98 | 324.23 | 320.53 | 323.83 | 310.25 | 316.66 | 308.66 | 309.9 | 308.05 | 312.13 | 314.66 | 323.94 | 320.37 | 307.88 | 309.35 | 306.8 | 309.89 | 301.64 | 306.06 | 307.66 | 317.89 | 318.84 | 327.13 | 319.84 | 323.82 | 306.28 | 321 | 303 | 307 | 301 | 309 | 299 | 317 | 310 | 320 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): average age | 286.53 | 290.34 | 284.05 | 288.43 | 287.49 | 294.95 | 282.09 | 290.93 | 282.94 | 282.94 | 288.15 | 289.72 | 289.35 | 295.44 | 285.81 | 282.95 | 289.99 | 286.7 | 291.54 | 284.43 | 285.67 | 286.79 | 290.07 | 291.76 | 290.76 | 285.8 | 296.49 | 285 | 292 | 288 | 288 | 282 | 288 | 283 | 291 | 283 | 293 | |
| Japanese Brown (Wagyu): price per kg | 2,333.02 | 2,150.82 | 2,272.92 | 2,395.22 | 2,210.78 | 2,207.09 | 2,191.03 | 2,177.04 | 1,991.19 | 2,023.91 | 2,008.93 | 1,964.72 | 1,825.54 | 1,792.79 | 1,946.72 | 2,147.39 | 2,131.73 | 2,091.41 | 2,150.16 | 2,160.86 | 2,147.43 | 2,173.82 | 1,986.37 | 1,911.7 | 1,830.01 | 1,868.58 | 1,889.44 | 1,833.08 | 1,889 | 1,860 | 1,890 | 1,845 | 1,815 | 1,853 | 1,745 | 1,700 | 1,642 | |
| Holstein: calves traded | 577 | 707 | 620 | 636 | 620 | 671 | 442 | 493 | 526 | 671 | 653 | 698 | 650 | 754 | 836 | 635 | 474 | 384 | 376 | 420 | 524 | 651 | 587 | 640 | 609 | 712 | 654 | 680 | 629 | 519 | 502 | 504 | 593 | 657 | 738 | 809 | 983 | |
| Holstein: average price2 | 276.94 | 256.35 | 237.02 | 233.43 | 225.86 | 228.31 | 247.68 | 236.99 | 193.56 | 207.22 | 218.56 | 210.04 | 214.56 | 193.2 | 200.4 | 186.83 | 186.21 | 198.39 | 220.55 | 183.95 | 166.67 | 193.78 | 191.83 | 194.19 | 175.78 | 177.94 | 159.83 | 154.48 | 172.83 | 193.39 | 171.66 | 177.65 | 175.65 | 189.48 | 189.86 | 188.86 | 184.42 | |
| Holstein: average price, female | 253.23 | 221.56 | 209.18 | 191.86 | 206.81 | 211.99 | 232.34 | 210.89 | 149.32 | 152.07 | 151.84 | 156.73 | 164.83 | 144.81 | 160.83 | 129.83 | 120.97 | 144.7 | 147.38 | 115.66 | 111.48 | 191.4 | 186.93 | 142.32 | 137.5 | 159.44 | 134.6 | 148.56 | 156.55 | 166.28 | 126.75 | 146.02 | 112.96 | 164.61 | 136.51 | 170.47 | 159.28 | |
| Holstein: average price, male | 280 | 260.41 | 240.67 | 238.57 | 228.81 | 231.4 | 250.92 | 241.67 | 199.58 | 213.54 | 225.31 | 215.24 | 219.53 | 197.76 | 204.07 | 194.57 | 196.39 | 205.33 | 234.17 | 190.94 | 174.34 | 194.21 | 192.44 | 200.87 | 180.35 | 180.65 | 163.29 | 155.2 | 175.38 | 197.83 | 178.1 | 183.73 | 182.44 | 192.07 | 194.58 | 190.76 | 187.4 | |
| Holstein: average weight | 311.86 | 311.61 | 303.9 | 297.09 | 294.65 | 294.5 | 294.9 | 303.15 | 298.37 | 305.27 | 310.84 | 305.25 | 311.13 | 314.02 | 313.79 | 288.21 | 282.54 | 293.13 | 293.19 | 298.03 | 298.5 | 305.24 | 311.18 | 311.38 | 312.86 | 314.46 | 309.22 | 301.34 | 300 | 309 | 302 | 302 | 311 | 306 | 309 | 309 | 312 | |
| Holstein: average age | 255.61 | 254.57 | 249.45 | 246.56 | 245.6 | 246.52 | 249.07 | 253.5 | 250.09 | 251.87 | 252.67 | 249.33 | 250.56 | 254.77 | 257.02 | 239.19 | 234.54 | 247.76 | 248.88 | 250.58 | 247.69 | 248.1 | 248.88 | 255.87 | 254.93 | 258.6 | 256.85 | 250.4 | 253 | 257 | 254 | 249 | 254 | 247 | 243 | 247 | 255 | |
| Holstein: price per kg | 888.02 | 822.65 | 779.9 | 785.71 | 766.53 | 775.23 | 839.87 | 781.77 | 648.71 | 678.8 | 703.12 | 688.08 | 689.63 | 615.24 | 638.64 | 648.23 | 659.06 | 676.8 | 752.24 | 617.22 | 558.35 | 634.83 | 616.46 | 623.64 | 561.84 | 565.84 | 516.87 | 512.65 | 577 | 626 | 569 | 589 | 566 | 620 | 615 | 611 | 590 | |
| Crossbred (F1): calves traded | 6,346 | 6,125 | 6,130 | 5,921 | 4,987 | 4,410 | 4,667 | 4,942 | 4,770 | 5,153 | 5,948 | 5,618 | 5,769 | 6,097 | 6,823 | 5,322 | 4,524 | 4,711 | 5,499 | 5,661 | 5,948 | 6,412 | 5,876 | 6,259 | 6,588 | 6,336 | 6,136 | 5,745 | 5,386 | 5,089 | 5,710 | 5,856 | 6,087 | 6,229 | 6,021 | 6,493 | 6,663 | |
| Crossbred (F1): average price2 | 467.25 | 475.66 | 459.29 | 457.85 | 461.19 | 461.84 | 480.19 | 485.94 | 459.7 | 404.59 | 389.97 | 389.47 | 402.62 | 382.67 | 376.25 | 390.19 | 388.17 | 381.06 | 359.28 | 329.93 | 302.74 | 289.44 | 302.74 | 311.23 | 301.13 | 325.91 | 331.57 | 335.5 | 353.65 | 342.97 | 349.45 | 321.02 | 301.95 | 290.16 | 296.55 | 308.06 | 299.49 | |
| Crossbred (F1): average price, female | 444.89 | 450.96 | 426.01 | 431.36 | 432.39 | 435.01 | 450.32 | 463.32 | 434.49 | 386.05 | 365.21 | 371.66 | 382.67 | 360.81 | 355.03 | 370.72 | 362.3 | 359.02 | 334.1 | 305.57 | 283.01 | 272.62 | 286.46 | 291.52 | 275.69 | 300.75 | 303.82 | 309.93 | 324.15 | 317.19 | 317.6 | 292.06 | 269.9 | 261.75 | 265.44 | 278.35 | 261.95 | |
| Crossbred (F1): average price, male | 492.03 | 504.69 | 498.18 | 485.66 | 493.59 | 492.65 | 510.8 | 514.26 | 487.36 | 422.25 | 415.73 | 408.67 | 423.59 | 406.46 | 398.62 | 407.38 | 409.65 | 403.61 | 384.58 | 355.88 | 322.06 | 305.95 | 318.04 | 330.12 | 325.99 | 350.76 | 358.92 | 358.48 | 381.33 | 370.03 | 379.2 | 349.78 | 332.25 | 319.56 | 329.7 | 341.24 | 336.95 | |
| Crossbred (F1): average weight | 335.37 | 336.17 | 336.65 | 334.71 | 326.11 | 328.14 | 333.3 | 330.62 | 337.74 | 333.68 | 335.04 | 336.52 | 333.39 | 334.14 | 335.76 | 322.83 | 325.04 | 330.64 | 329.91 | 334.25 | 331.64 | 336.31 | 337.25 | 333.65 | 335.35 | 337.2 | 326.53 | 323.42 | 323 | 327 | 328 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 335 | 333 | 335 | |
| Crossbred (F1): average age | 254.67 | 255.84 | 256.97 | 256.23 | 252.46 | 255.27 | 258.82 | 257.06 | 258.95 | 255.2 | 258.07 | 259.11 | 256.22 | 256.96 | 259.51 | 250.19 | 252.81 | 262.77 | 258.91 | 260.35 | 257.75 | 260.8 | 258.36 | 257.01 | 257.84 | 259.24 | 256.49 | 253.57 | 256 | 260 | 257 | 258 | 257 | 259 | 259 | 257 | 258 | |
| Crossbred (F1): price per kg | 1,393.23 | 1,414.95 | 1,364.31 | 1,367.92 | 1,414.2 | 1,407.46 | 1,440.72 | 1,469.78 | 1,361.12 | 1,212.49 | 1,163.97 | 1,157.34 | 1,207.63 | 1,145.23 | 1,120.59 | 1,208.64 | 1,194.21 | 1,152.5 | 1,089.02 | 987.08 | 912.86 | 860.64 | 897.68 | 932.8 | 897.97 | 966.52 | 1,015.44 | 1,037.34 | 1,094 | 1,048 | 1,066 | 972 | 911 | 873 | 885 | 926 | 895 |
Latest reading
Japanese Black (Wagyu): average price stood at 839.9 thousand yen/head in Jul 2026. That is −0.5% from Jun 2026 and +29.9% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Oct 1994 to Jul 2026.
- Latest
- 839.9 thousand yen/head
- Jul 2026
- vs previous period
- −0.5%
- Jun 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +29.9%
About this data
Monthly results of feeder calf auctions in Japan for Japanese Black and Japanese Brown Wagyu, Holstein and crossbred (F1) calves: number traded, average price for females, males and both, average weight, average age and price per kilogram. Source: Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC), compiled from MAFF Meat Statistics, MOF Trade Statistics and ALIC's own surveys.