JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun Qtr 2010	Mar Qtr 2011	Jun Qtr 2011
TREND ESTIMATES		'000	'000	'000
Number Slaughtered(a)
	Cattle (excl.calves)	1 869	1 829	1 807
	Calves	218	183	185
	Sheep	1 554	1 258	1 048
	Lambs	4 693	4 391	4 331
	Pigs	1 156	1 154	1 150
	Chickens	121 608	137 445	136 772
(a) A new methodology and revised definitions have been adopted for producing estimates of livestock slaughtering and meat production. For further details refer to the Explanatory Notes.

		Jun Qtr 2010	Mar Qtr 2011	Jun Qtr 2011
		tonnes	tonnes	tonnes
Meat produced(a)
	Beef	517 602	521 435	519 193
	Veal	12 862	11 681	12 339
	Mutton	35 184	28 979	24 575
	Lamb	101 029	96 642	96 383
	Pig meat	84 613	84 977	84 856
	Chicken meat	219 562	255 734	254 991
Wool receivals		85 274	94 930	94 524
(a) A new methodology and revised definitions have been adopted for producing estimates of livestock slaughtering and meat production. For further details refer to the Explanatory Notes.

	Mar Qtr 2010	Dec Qtr 2010	Mar Qtr 2011
	ML	ML	ML
Whole milk intake by factories	2 265	2 254	2 223

JUNE KEY POINTS

• In the June quarter 2011, sheep slaughterings fell 17%.
• Lamb slaughterings fell 1% to 4.3 million in the June quarter 2011.
• The estimate for live sheep exports in the June quarter 2011 increased by 14%.
• The export estimate for cattle increased 28% to 182 thousand in the June quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2011	14 November 2011

INTRODUCTION

This publication presents statistics on livestock slaughterings, meat production, whole milk intake by factories, market milk sales by factories, receivals of taxable wool by brokers and dealers, exports of live sheep and cattle and exports of fresh, chilled, frozen and processed meat. It also includes seasonally adjusted and trend estimates of slaughtering, meat production, whole milk intake and wool receivals. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting the Australian Bureau of Statistics or by referring to the monthly publication Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001).


CHANGES IN FUTURE ISSUES

As part of the review of dissemination methods undertaken by the ABS, the following changes to the Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0) will take effect from the September quarter publication:

• The PDF version of this publication will be discontinued from the September quarter. Upcoming releases of this publication will still be available electronically.
• The supply of milk data will be discontinued. The latest information on milk data can be obtained directly from Dairy Australia via a website link to be provided in the next publication.
• The red meat quarterly time series will be discontinued. A monthly red meat time series is available in Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001)

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.