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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar Qtr 2007	Dec Qtr 2007	Mar Qtr 2008
TREND ESTIMATES		'000	'000	'000
Number slaughtered
	Cattle	2 065.8	1 962.5	1 944.1
	Calves	247.5	207.2	193.0
	Sheep	3 279.3	2 876.6	2 912.3
	Lambs	5 097.2	5 342.9	5 299.2
	Pigs	1 336.8	1 325.0	1 317.8
	Chickens	113 794.8	114 809.7	114 336.4

		Mar Qtr 2007	Dec Qtr 2007	Mar Qtr 2008
		tonnes	tonnes	tonnes
Meat produced
	Beef	552 650	523 787	520 064
	Veal	7 921	6 819	6 275
	Mutton	66 709	62 724	65 469
	Lamb	103 935	112 284	111 896
	Pig meat	95 775	96 369	96 245
	Chicken meat	203 410	201 452	200 127
Wool receivals		112 403	102 769	101 294

	Dec Qtr 2006	Sep Qtr 2007	Dec Qtr 2007
	ML	ML	ML
Whole milk intake by factories	2 411	2 304	2 288

Cattle slaughterings, Excluding calves - Trend

Sheep and lamb slaughterings, Trend

• The trend estimate for cattle fell by 1% in the March quarter 2008 to 1.9 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 5.5% to 1.9 million.

• The trend estimate for sheep slaughtered rose by 1.2% in the March quarter 2008 to 2.9 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate remained steady at 2.9 million.

• The trend estimate for lambs slaughtered fell by 1% in the March quarter 2008 to 5.3 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 7% to 5.1 million.

• The trend estimate for pigs slaughtered remained steady in the March quarter 2008 at 1.3 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate also remained steady at 1.3 million.