7218.0.55.001 - Livestock and Meat, Australia, Jan 2013 
Quality Declaration
Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/03/2013
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NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES
INTRODUCTION This publication presents statistics on livestock slaughterings and meat production. These statistics are based on a monthly collection from abattoirs and other major slaughtering establishments and include estimates of animals slaughtered by country butchers and other small slaughtering establishments. More detailed information on this series can be obtained by referring to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) quarterly publication, Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0). Additional time series spreadsheets containing state/territory and national data are available from the Downloads tab for this publication. These spreadsheets contain original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimates for slaughtering and meat production for bulls, bullocks and steers, cows and heifers, cattle (excluding calves), calves, sheep, lambs and pigs. INQUIRIES For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. SUMMARY COMMENTARY LIVESTOCK  In January 2013, the trend estimate for cattle slaughterings increased by 1% to 650 thousand. Calf slaughterings increased by 2% to 56 thousand in January 2013. In January 2013, the trend estimate for sheep slaughterings increased by 2% to 622 thousand. Lamb slaughterings increased by 2% to 1.8 million in January 2013. The trend estimate for pig slaughterings remained steady at 396 thousand in January 2013.
MEAT  In January 2013, the trend estimate for beef production increased by 1% to 185 thousand tonnes. Veal production increased by 2% in January 2013 to 3 thousand tonnes. In January 2013, the production of mutton increased by 2% to 14 thousand tonnes. Lamb production in January 2013 increased by 2% to 39 thousand tonnes. The trend estimate for production of pig meat in January 2013 remained steady at 30 thousand tonnes.
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