Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics
UK
Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO).
All figures expressed as ‘000 head
Table 1: UK monthly slaughter estimates
April 2007
Monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in the
February 2007 March 2007 April 2007
Steers 84 86 103
Heifers 70 68 76
Young Bulls 19 20 26
Cows and Adult Bulls 41 35 37
Calves 3 3 2
Other Sheep and Lambs 917 982 1155
Ewes and Rams 175 168 196
Clean Pigs 718 715 870
Sows and Boars 16 18 20
• Livestock slaughtered under the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme are excluded.
Table 2: Irish Livestock Slaughterings
April 2007
Cattle Sheep Pigs
April 2006 134.7 244.4 210.6
April 2007 144.5 243.3 209.8
% change April 2007/2006 +7.3% -4.1% -0.4%
Jan-April 2007/2006 +2.6% -11.3% +3.6%
Cattle slaughterings up 7.3% in April
The number of cattle slaughtered in April 2007 was 7.3% higher than in April
2006.
A comparison of April 2007 and 2006 figures shows that:
- Sheep slaughterings decreased 4.1%.
- Pig slaughterings decreased by 0.4%.
The number of cattle slaughterings in January-April 2007 was 2.6% higher than the corresponding 2006 figure. Over the same period there was a decrease of 11.3% in sheep slaughterings and an increase of 3.6% in pig slaughterings.
EU-25 cattle slaughtering figures between the periods January to December 2005 and 2006 decreased by 0.7%.
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