BEEFYKenyan beef: chilled halal Boran carcasses and sides
Kenya's own beef breed. Priced per kg FOB Nairobi and flown to Kuwait, the UAE and the Gulf.
حلالHalal slaughter at an approved export abattoir
Developed on Kenyan ranches since the 1920s from the zebu cattle of the Borana people: white or grey, with a black muzzle. Steers raised on grass are ready at 36–42 months, at 420–460 kg. In US trials Boran beef proved more tender than Brahman, the other heat-adapted zebu breed.
Carcasses and half carcasses make up 81% of Kenya's chilled beef exports, which go mainly to Kuwait and the UAE.
Specifications
- ProductChilled carcasses and sides, halal, weighed and labelled
- Raised inKenyan ranches, including Laikipia and Nanyuki
- FinishingGrass-raised steers at 36–42 months, 420–460 kg live
- ShippingChilled, held at about 1 °C in transit; flown from Nairobi (JKIA)
- SeasonSupplied all year
- TendernessUSMARC shear force: Brahman 14.3 · Boran 12.4 · Tuli 10.7 · Angus 8.8
- PricePer kg of carcass weight, FOB Nairobi (JKIA). Air freight to your airport on a separate line at the day's rate.
- MinimumFrom about 1 MT per shipment for a trial; weekly programmes from 5 MT.
Sources: ILRI (Boran); Boran Cattle Breeders' Society of Kenya; Gatsby Africa feedlot mapping; USDA ARS USMARC Germplasm Evaluation; TrendEconomy (HS 0201, 2023).
