7218.0.55.001 - Livestock and Meat, Australia, Nov 2013 Quality Declaration 
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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

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December 2013 7 February 2014
January 2014 11 March 2014
February 2014 8 April 2014



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

Livestock slaughtering trend movements for November 2013:
  • Cattle slaughterings remained steady at 712,000 head
  • Calf slaughterings increased by 1% to 57,100 head
  • The number of sheep slaughtered decreased by 3% to 753,000 head
  • Lamb slaughterings increased slightly to a record 1.8 million head
  • Pig slaughterings remained steady at 395,000 head

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Source(s): Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001)

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED, Australia, November 2013
Original
Seasonally Adjusted
Trend
no.
no.
no.
Cattle(a)
745 184
704 536
711 905
Calves
34 696
56 556
57 107
Sheep
964 071
775 738
753 468
Lambs
2 031 434
1 876 449
1 844 847
Pigs
376 067
394 174
394 972
(a) Excludes calves



MEAT

Meat production trend movements for November 2013:
  • Beef production remained steady at 196,000 tonnes
  • The production of veal decreased by 1% to 3,260 tonnes
  • The production of mutton decreased by 2% to 17,500 tonnes
  • Lamb production increased by 1% to a record 40,300 tonnes
  • The production of pig meat remained steady at 29,800 tonnes

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Source(s): Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001)

MEAT PRODUCED, Australia, November 2013
Original
Seasonally Adjusted
Trend
t
t
t
Beef
208 586
193 432
195 598
Veal
2 706
3 239
3 257
Mutton
22 812
17 917
17 484
Lamb
43 700
40 922
40 309
Pig meat
28 004
29 879
29 822