7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Mar 2008 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/05/2008   
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LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED TREND


CATTLE (EXCLUDING CALVES)

Graph: Cattle (excluding calves)

Trend estimate for the number of cattle slaughtered fell by 1% in the March quarter 2008 to 1.9 million.


CALVES
Graph: Calves

The trend estimate for the number of calves slaughtered in March quarter 2008 fell by 7% to 193,000.


SHEEP AND LAMBS
Graph: Sheep and Lambs

In March quarter 2008, the trend estimate for the number of sheep slaughtered rose by 1% to 2.9 million. Trend estimate for lamb slaughtered remained steady for March quarter 2008 at 5.3 million.


PIGS
Graph: Pigs

The trend estimate for the number of pigs slaughtered in the March quarter 2008 remained steady at 1.3 million.