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).
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
24 Aug 2002 31 Aug 2002 07 Sep 2002 14 Sep 2002
Steers 20 (19) 18 (17) 20 (21) 21 (22)
Heifers 14 (12) 12 (11) 14 (14) 14 (14)
Young bulls 7.1 (7.5) 5.9 (6.0) 6.7 (7.0) 6.9 (7.0)
Cows and adult bulls 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Calves 2.4 (2.3) 2.4 (2.2) 3.1 (2.7) 2.8 (2.8)
Ewes and rams 43 (43) 39 (36) 41 (45) 42 (44)
Other sheep 286 (256) 259 (222) 297 (269) 307 (261)
Sows and boars 5.8 (3.7) 4.7 (3.1) 6.0 (3.7) 6.3 (3.6)
Other pigs 204 (211) 181 (184) 204 (215) 205 (215)
Provisional weekly estimates of the number of cattle and sheep 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 2: Irish livestock slaughterings July 2002
'000 head
Cattle Sheep
July 2001 137.4 399.6
July 2002 150.5 423.3
% change +9.5% +5.9%
Jan-July 2002-2001 -5.6% -20.9%
