UK and Ireland Slaughterings, July 2003
1.
Courtesy: DEFRA
Monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in the
‘000 head
May 2003 June 2003 July 2003
4 weeks 4 weeks 5 weeks
Steers 75 71 87
Heifers 54 54 67
Young Bulls 35 38 46
Cows and Adult Bulls 0 0 0
Calves 3 4 7
Other Sheep and Lambs 722 878 1202
Ewes and Rams 126 139 180
Clean Pigs 667 692 841
Sows and Boars 17 18 20
Irish Slaughterings
Courtesy: Central Statistics
July 2003
Cattle Sheep Pigs
‘000 head
Jul 2002 150.6 427.9 285.6
Jul 2003 155.3 328.8 283.8
% change +3.1% -23.2% -0.6%
Jan-Jul 2003/2002 +4.4% +5.3% -7.3%
Cattle slaughterings up 3.1% in July
The number of cattle slaughtered in July 2003 was 3.1% higher than in July 2002..
A comparison of July 2003 and 2002 figures shows that:
Sheep slaughterings decreased by 23.2%.
Pig slaughterings decreased by 0.6%. See graph.
The number of sheep slaughterings in January-July 2003 was 5.3% higher than the
corresponding 2002 figure. Over the same period there was an increase of 4.4% in
the number of cattle slaughterings, while pig slaughterings decreased by 7.3%. See
EU pig slaughterings figures for the periods January to April 2002 and 2003
increased by 1.1%.
7.8%, 2.7%, 1.8% and 0.7% respectively. The
12.7%.
