7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Jun 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/08/2015   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All

JUNE KEY TREND FIGURES

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, Australia, June 2015
Mar 2015
Jun 2015
Mar '15 to Jun '15
Jun '14 to Jun '15
Livestock (no.)
Cattle (excluding calves)
2 351 669
2 325 971
-1.1%
1.9%
Calves
174 027
177 989
2.3%
1.8%
Sheep
2 179 619
1 980 755
-9.1%
-22.2%
Lambs
5 725 672
5 768 485
0.7%
4.2%
Pigs
1 242 021
1 252 793
0.9%
4.9%
Chickens
148 042 086
147 685 834
-0.2%
1.1%
Livestock products (t)
Beef
658 255
655 516
-0.4%
4.2%
Veal
9 705
9 369
-3.5%
-9.9%
Mutton
51 850
47 130
-9.1%
-19.9%
Lamb
127 156
127 640
0.4%
5.5%
Pig meat
93 559
94 214
0.7%
4.9%
Total red meat
940 524
933 869
-0.7%
2.7%
Chicken meat
279 128
279 188
0.0%
1.7%
Brokers and dealers receivals of taxable wool
92 408
95 473
3.3%
11.0%
Graph Image for Number of Livestock Slaughtered, Australia

Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

Graph Image for Meat Production, Australia

Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)



KEY POINTS

Livestock slaughtering and meat production quarterly trend movements for June 2015:
  • Cattle slaughter and beef production figures showed signs of slowing in June 2015
  • Sheep slaughter continued to decline in June 2015 as export demand eases
  • Chicken slaughter and meat production figures remain steady in June 2015