Coffee Sale 42: Kenya Closes 2025/26 Season With KSh 841 Million Auction
A total of 17,849 bags were offered, with 17,765 bags sold, generating approximately KSh 841.3 million. The average price was KSh 38,140 per 50kg bag, equivalent to about KSh 762 per kg of clean coffee.
Kenya has officially closed the 2025/2026 coffee auction season with the final Coffee Sale 42 generating approximately KSh 841.3 million from the sale of 17,765 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE).
The final auction, held on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, brought the 2025/2026 coffee year to a close as the industry prepares for the new 2026/2027 coffee year, which opened on 1 October 2026.
17,765 Bags Sold
A total of 17,849 bags were offered during Sale 42, with 17,765 bags finding buyers, leaving only 84 bags unsold.
The coffee represented approximately 1,106 tonnes of clean coffee, with the average price recorded at KSh 38,140 per 50kg bag.
This translates to approximately KSh 762 per kilogramme of clean coffee, or about KSh 117 per kilogramme of cherry equivalent, before milling, marketing and other deductions.
Grades Offered
The final sale included a significant volume across Kenya's key coffee grades.
According to the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, farmers offered:
2,468 bags of Grade AA
7,049 bags of Grade AB
3,094 bags of Grade C
The auction also recorded 26% certified coffee, highlighting the growing importance of certification and traceability in accessing premium markets.
Major Buyers
Trading activity remained concentrated among several major buyers.
Ibero Kenya was the leading buyer, purchasing 5,696 bags, followed by:
Louis Dreyfus – 2,514 bags
Kenyacof – 2,070 bags
C. Dorman – 1,781 bags
Overall, seven dealers purchased 16,546 bags, representing approximately 82% of the coffee offered during the sale.
Major Brokers
Among the leading brokers in the final sale were:
New KPCU, which sold 3,918 bags valued at KSh 173.4 million, followed by Alliance Berries, which marketed 3,806 bags worth KSh 172.8 million.
Other notable sellers included Kipkelion, Kirinyaga Slopes and CEBBA.
Looking Ahead to the 2026/2027 Coffee Year
With the 2025/2026 auction season now concluded, attention shifts to the new coffee year.
Industry stakeholders are expected to place greater emphasis on increasing production, maintaining quality, strengthening traceability and improving market access so that Kenyan coffee can continue competing in both local and international markets.
The new coffee year also introduces Stanbic Bank as an additional Direct Settlement System (DSS) provider, operating alongside Cooperative Bank of Kenya to facilitate coffee payments.
Trovancy Coffee Insight
Sale 42 closes another chapter in Kenya's coffee calendar, but the bigger conversation now moves beyond the auction floor — toward better farm productivity, quality management, traceability, efficient processing and stronger returns across the coffee value chain.
For farmers, cooperatives, millers and coffee businesses, the new season presents an opportunity to strengthen how coffee is produced, processed, marketed and tracked from farm to final buyer.
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