Irish Livestock Slaughterings April 2004
Irish Livestock Slaughterings
Cattle Sheep Pigs
Apr 2003 153.5 247.6 279.9
Apr 2004 139.6 264.7 208.0
% change -9.1% +6.9% -25.7%
Jan-Apr 2004/2003 -4.4% +8.3% -9.0%
Cattle slaughterings down 9.1% in April
The number of cattle slaughtered in April 2004 was 9.1% lower than in April 2003.
See Table 1 and graph.
A comparison of April 2004 and 2003 figures shows that
_ Sheep slaughterings increased by 6.9%.
_ Pig slaughterings decreased by 25.7%.
The number of sheep slaughterings in January-April 2004 was 8.3% higher than
the corresponding 2003 figure. Over the same period there was a decrease of 4.4%
in cattle slaughterings, while pig slaughterings also decreased by 9.0%.
Sheep slaughterings for the EU-15 decreased by 1.1% between 2002 and 2003.
0.6% and 0.5% respectively.
