NEW: Latest UK / Ireland slaughter statistics
UK figures Supplied by Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO).
Provisional weekly estimates of the number of cattle and sheep and slaughtered for meat in the United Kingdom. The estimates are derived from information supplied by a sample of representative slaughterhouses. They are liable to a degree of sampling error and revision as late returns are received and too much should not be read into changes from one week to another.
Table 1 : Weekly UK slaughter estimates
The figures in brackets give revised estimates for the corresponding weeks in the previous year.
All figures expressed as ‘000 head
Week ending
29 Jun 02 06 Jul 02 13 Jul 02 20 Jul 02
Steers 18 (17) 18 (16) 18 (15) 17 (16)
Heifers 14 (12) 13 (12) 13 (11) 14 (11)
Young bulls 9.7(10.6) 10.4(9.2) 9.4 (8.7) 8.3(9.0)
Cows and adult bulls 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Calves 1.8 (1.4) 2.1 (1.6) 2.4 (1.5) 2.6(1.6)
Ewes and rams 34 (28) 35 (28) 38 (32) 35 (36)
Other sheep 237 (206) 250 (202) 253 (208) 235(224)
Table 2: Irish livestock slaughterings May 2002
'000 head
Cattle Sheep
May 2001 144.1 411.3
May 2002 142.1 324.1
% change -1.4% -21.2%
Jan-May 2002-2001 -4.8% -33.3%
