17 September 2010

4 minute read

Europe

Key points

This release shows the latest monthly information on the slaughtering of cattle, sheep and pigs. It also includes dressed carcase weight and meat production information. The key results for August 2010 are given below:

• Cattle: UK prime cattle slaughterings were 15 per cent higher than in August 2009 at 158 thousand head. Beef and veal production was 68 thousand tonnes, 17 per cent higher than in August 2009.
• Pigs: UK clean pig slaughterings were 4 per cent higher than in August 2009 at 717 thousand head. Pigmeat production was 59 thousand tonnes, a rise of 4 per cent on August 2009.

Section 1: UK monthly slaughter estimates

This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom. The survey is run according to statistical, rather than calendar months, the number of weeks in the statistical month is specified below.

Section 2: UK average dressed carcase weights

This table shows the monthly average dressed carcase weight of livestock slaughtered for meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom. Longer term trends can be found on the Defra website by clicking here.

Section 3: UK monthly home-killed production of meat

This table shows the monthly volumes of meat produced in the United Kingdom. Data is shown according to statistical, rather than calendar months, number of weeks in statistical month as specified.

Section 4: UK average weekly slaughterings

This following table shows the average weekly slaughter figures for the last thirteen months. The monthly slaughter figures in section one are affected by the number of weeks in the statistical month. To get a clearer measure of trends weekly averages are calculated by dividing the number of livestock slaughtered each month by the number of weeks in the statistical month.

Longer term trends can be seen in the charts following this table.

Table 4: UK average weekly slaughterings (Thousand Head)
United Kingdom	2009					2010
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Steers	16	20	21	21	18	17	20	20	20	20	19	18	18
Heifers	13	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	13
Young Bulls	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	8
Cows and Adult Bulls	9	10	11	12	10	10	12	10	9	10	10	10	10
Calves	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Clean Pigs	172	173	182	185	180	169	176	177	172	174	171	171	179
Sows and Boars	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	*	*
*Data are confidential

United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering - Cattle

United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering - Pigs

Section 5: UK slaughterings by country

This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in England and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Data are shown in statistical months, rather than calendar months. The totals for the countries may not add up to the Great Britain totals or the United Kingdom totals in section one, due to rounding.

Further Reading

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You can view the full report by clicking here.

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