SEPTEMBER KEY TREND FIGURES

	Jun 2015	Sept 2015	Jun '15 to Sept '15	Sept '14 to Sept '15
Livestock (no.)
Cattle (excluding calves)	2 310 140	2 286 064	-1.0%	-2.2%
Calves	176 237	176 752	0.3%	4.0%
Sheep	2 123 300	2 107 192	-0.8%	-15.4%
Lambs	5 720 144	5 731 929	0.2%	2.5%
Pigs	1 239 655	1 231 428	-0.7%	2.0%
Chickens	148 236 639	148 648 075	0.3%	0.9%

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Livestock products (t)
Beef	644 970	634 340	-1.7%	-1.8%
Veal	9 070	8 573	-5.5%	-16.6%
Mutton	50 680	50 523	-0.3%	-13.6%
Lamb	126 502	126 201	-0.2%	2.2%
Pig meat	93 665	93 452	-0.2%	2.7%
Total red meat	924 886	913 089	-1.3%	-1.7%
Chicken meat	278 997	279 280	0.1%	0.6%
Brokers and dealers receivals of taxable wool	92 113	91 436	-0.7%	4.6%

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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 September 2015:

• Cattle slaughter and beef production figures continue to decline in September 2015
• Sheep slaughter continued to decline in September 2015 as export demand eases
• Chicken slaughter and meat production figures increased in September 2015
• Wool receivals decreased marginally in September 2015