UK figures Supplied by Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO).

                                              Week ending

                                             27 Jul 2002     03 Aug 2002      10 Aug 2002     17 Aug 2002

Steers                                   18 (18)               19 (18)                  19 (18)              19 (19)

Heifers                                   13 (12)               14 (12)                  14 (12)              15 (13)

Young bulls                          8.4 (8.5)             8.1 (7.5)                8.0 (7.4)             7.1 (7.6)

Cows and adult bulls            0 (0)                   0 (0)                     0 (0)                     0 (0)

Calves                                    2.3 (1.9)             2.2 (2.1)               2.3 (2.1)             2.5 (2.3)

Ewes and rams                     37 (38)              39 (34)                 40 (39)               40 (42)

Other sheep                        268 (239)           255 (233)             275 (248)          269 (249)

Sows and boars                   5.5 (3.6)             4.5 (3.8)                6.7 (3.8)             5.8 (4.1)

Other pigs                            199 (198)           197 (194)             195 (197)           200 (202)

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 June 2002