Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics
Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO).
All figures expressed as ‘000 head
Table 1:
July 2006
Monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in the
May 2006 June 2006 July 2006
4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks
Steers 85 79 95
Heifers 65 59 70
Young Bulls 29 32 37
Cows and Adult Bulls 25 26 39
Calves 2 3 5
Other Sheep and Lambs 831 961 1308
Ewes and Rams 159 163 214
Clean Pigs 665 665 832
Sows and Boars 14 14 20
Table 2: Irish Livestock Slaughterings
May 2006
Cattle Sheep Pigs
July 2005 126.7 321.9 212.8
July 2006 137.2 319.3 218.8
% change +8.3% -0.8% +2.8%
Jan-May 2006/2005 +12.8% -4.0% +0.5%
Cattle slaughterings up 8.3% in July
The number of cattle slaughtered in July 2006 was 8.3% higher than in July 2005.
A comparison of July 2006 and 2005 figures shows that :
The number of cattle slaughterings in January-July 2006 was 12.8% higher than
the corresponding 2005 figure. Over the same period there was a decrease of 4.0%
in sheep slaughterings and an increase of 0.5% in pig slaughterings.
Between the periods January to April 2005 and 2006, the United Kingdom, Spain
and Greece recorded increases in sheep slaughterings of 6.5%, 2.5% and 0.1%
respectively. France recorded a decrease of 1.4 %.
