BEEFYKenyan lamb and mutton: chilled Dorper and Red Maasai carcasses
Two meat sheep, one Kenyan trial. Priced per kg FOB Nairobi and flown to the Gulf in 4–5 hours.
حلالHalal slaughter at an approved export abattoir
Dorper, a meat breed from South Africa (Blackhead Persian × Dorset Horn), is hornless and barrel-shaped, with a black or white head, now raised on Kenyan ranches. In a Kenyan trial at ILRI's Kapiti ranch it was the leanest of four breed groups and earned the best carcass grade. Red Maasai is Kenya's red, short fat-tailed sheep of the Maasai rangelands, bred by nature for drought and disease: under heavy worm challenge 28% died, against 66% of Dorpers.
Trial values are from ILRI's Kapiti ranch, Kenya (live weight 36–38 kg). Carcass weight is supplied to your order.
Specifications
- ProductWhole chilled carcass, halal, wrapped in white cloth, weighed and labelled
- Dorper raised inRanches in Laikipia, Machakos and Naivasha
- Red Maasai raised inMaasai rangelands of southern Kenya, centred on Kajiado
- Fat coverDorper 1.81 of 3 (lean) · Red Maasai 2.12 of 3
- ShippingChilled, held at about 1 °C in transit; flown from Nairobi (JKIA)
- SeasonSupplied all year; Gulf demand peaks in Ramadan and the Hajj season
- 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 Animal Genetics Training Resource (Dorper, Red Maasai); PMC5203845 (Kapiti ranch carcass trial, Kenya); The Standard (Laikipia ranchers).
