7218.0.55.001 - Livestock and Meat, Australia, Aug 2016 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/10/2016   
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AUGUST KEY TREND FIGURES

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED AND MEAT PRODUCED, Australia, August 2016

July 2016
August 2016
July 2016 to August 2016
August 2015 to August 2016
Livestock (no.)
Cattle (a)
586 834
571 722
-2.6%
-23.1%
Calves
48 019
47 363
-1.4%
-14.9%
Sheep
549 764
535 601
-2.6%
-26.1%
Lambs
1 800 726
1 763 075
-2.1%
-6.3%
Pigs
427 830
428 776
0.2%
5.3%
Meat (t)
Beef
169 059
165 182
-2.3%
-20.5%
Veal
2 146
2 113
-1.5%
-20.6%
Mutton
13 318
12 908
-3.1%
-25.8%
Lamb
40 035
39 041
-2.5%
-6.2%
Pig Meat
32 370
32 421
0.2%
5.3%
(a) Excludes calves


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AUGUST KEY POINTS

Livestock and meat production monthly trend movements for August 2016:
  • Cattle slaughter decreased by 3% in August 2016 compared with July 2016 and was down by 171,752 head or 23% year-on-year.
  • Comparing month-on-month, the number of calves slaughtered in August 2016 decreased marginally (down 1%) and decreased 15% year-on-year.
  • Sheep slaughter in August 2016 decreased by 14,163 head or 3% compared with July 2016 and was down 26% year-on-year.
  • In August 2016 lamb slaughter decreased by 37,651 head or 2% month-on-month. Compared with August 2015, slaughter decreased by 118,833 head or 6%.
  • Pig slaughtering continues to remain steady in August 2016 and increased by 21,759 head, or 5% year-on-year.