Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics
All figures expressed as ‘000 head
Table 1:
April 2006
Monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in the
February 2006 March 2006 April 2006
Steers 82 84 97
Heifers 71 70 77
Young Bulls 23 23 28
Cows and Adult Bulls 19 20 24
Calves 6 5 3
Other Sheep and Lambs 1056 1043 1087
Ewes and Rams 169 168 193
Clean Pigs 685 681 782
Sows and Boars 14 15 17
Table 2: Irish Livestock Slaughterings
April 2006
Cattle Sheep Pigs
April 2005 129.8 219.8 225.6
April 2006 134.9 245.6 210.7
Jan-Apr 2006/2005 +17.4% -2.3% -2.5%
Cattle slaughterings up 3.9% in April
The number of cattle slaughtered in April 2006 was 3.9% higher than in April
2005.
A comparison of April 2006 and 2005 figures shows that:
_ Sheep slaughterings increased by 11.7%.
_ Pig slaughterings decreased by 6.6%.
The number of cattle slaughterings in January-April 2006 was 17.4% higher than the corresponding 2005 figure. Over the same period there was a decrease of 2.3% in sheep slaughterings and 2.5% in pig slaughterings.
EU-25 pig slaughtering figures between the periods January to December 2004 and
2005 decreased by 1.0%.
