SUMMARY COMMENTARY


LIVESTOCK

Livestock slaughtering monthly trend movements for August 2014:

• The number of cattle slaughtered was 774,000 head, an increase of 1%
• The number of calves slaughtered was 55,000 head, a decrease of 2%
• The number of sheep slaughtered was 838,000 head, a decrease of 1%
• The number of lambs slaughtered was 1.8 million head, an increase of 1%
• The number of pigs slaughtered remained steady at 401,000 head

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED, Australia, August 2014
	Original	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
	no.	no.	no.
Cattle(a)	796 878	788 092	773 589
Calves	97 217	55 787	54 958
Sheep	691 185	843 167	837 923
Lambs	1 838 315	1 892 952	1 848 106
Pigs	391 721	402 131	400 526
(a) Excludes calves

MEAT

Meat production monthly trend movements for August 2014:

• Beef production was 218,000 tonnes, an increase of 1%
• Veal production remained steady at 3,390 tonnes
• Mutton production remained steady at 19,800 tonnes
• Lamb production was 40,600 tonnes, an increase of 1%
• Pig meat production remained steady at 30,200 tonnes

MEAT PRODUCED, Australia, August 2014
	Original	Seasonally Adjusted	Trend
	t	t	t
Beef	220 488	217 875	217 762
Veal	4 402	3 553	3 390
Mutton	16 887	20 146	19 804
Lamb	40 459	41 973	40 580
Pig meat	30 037	30 420	30 237

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
September 2014	7 November 2014
October 2014	9 December 2014
November 2014	16 January 2015

REVISIONS

Since the last issue of this publication, data for the following commodities have been revised:

• Cattle slaughter and meat production, New South Wales, for July 2014.

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