JUNE KEY TREND FIGURES

	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Mar '18 to Jun '18	Jun '17 to Jun '18
Livestock (no.)
Cattle (excluding calves)	1 870 981	1 927 948	3.0%	7.2%
Calves	105 796	102 597	-3.0%	5.4%
Sheep	2 145 200	2 300 702	7.2%	28.2%
Lambs	5 911 752	6 107 149	3.3%	9.1%
Pigs	1 350 952	1 355 093	0.3%	3.4%
Chickens	158 090 488	158 023 738	-0.0%	-2.9%

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Livestock products (t)
Beef	555 743	567 284	2.1%	6.4%
Veal	4 539	4 354	-4.1%	-6.9%
Mutton	51 501	54 209	5.3%	19.4%
Lamb	133 732	137 593	2.9%	7.7%
Pig meat	104 891	105 860	0.9%	4.4%
Total red meat	850 406	869 300	2.2%	7.0%
Chicken meat	296 731	293 052	-1.2%	-4.5%
Brokers and dealers receivals of taxable wool	97 045	98 859	1.9%	3.9%

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Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

KEY POINTS

Livestock slaughtering and meat production quarterly trend movements for June 2018:

• Cattle slaughter increased 57, 000 head (or 3.0%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 130,200 head (or 7.2%) year on year.
• Calf slaughtered decreased 3,200 head (or 3.0%) when compared to the March quarter and increased 5,300 head (or 5.4%) year on year.
• Sheep slaughter increased by 155,500 head (or 7.2%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 506,700 head or (28.2%) year on year.
• Lamb slaughter increased 195,400 head (or 3.3%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 511,300 head (or 9.1%) year on year.
• Pig slaughter increased by 4,100 head (or 0.3%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 44,400 head (or 3.4%) year on year.
• Chicken meat production decreased by 3,700 tonnes (or 1.2%) compared with the March quarter and decreased by 13,700 tonnes (or 4.5%) year on year.
• Brokers and dealers receivals of wool increased by 1,800 tonnes (or 1.9%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 3,700 tonnes (or 3.9%) year on year.