Livestock Products, Australia

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Quarterly statistics on receivals of wool, livestock slaughtering, meat production, and exports. Includes seasonally adjusted and trend totals

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December 2019
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18/02/2020
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Livestock products (trend)

Since September 2019

Cattle

  • 2.2 million were slaughtered (up 2.3%)
  • 616,900 tonnes of beef were produced (up 2.2%)
     

Cattle slaughter and beef produced

Cattle slaughter and beef produced

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Sheep

  • 2.4 million were slaughtered (up 4.8%)
  • 59,600 tonnes of mutton were produced (up 6.1%)
     

Sheep slaughter and mutton produced

Sheep slaughter and mutton produced

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Lambs

  • 5.2 million were slaughtered (down 1.9%)
  • 122,300 tonnes of lamb were produced (down 1.4%)
     

Lamb slaughter and meat produced

Lamb slaughter and meat produced

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Pigs

  • 1.3 million were slaughtered (down 0.8%)
  • 97,800 tonnes of pork were produced (down 0.6%)
     

Pig slaughter and pork produced

Pig slaughter and pork produced

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Chickens

  • 163 million were slaughtered (up 1.1%)
  • 303,200 tonnes of chicken meat were produced (down 0.2%)
     

Chicken slaughter and meat produced

Chicken slaughter and meat produced

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Wool

Receivals for the December 2019 quarter continue to be low. Continuing dry seasonal conditions have led to a decrease in wool produced in most regions, with many farms destocking across recent months.

  • 70,000 tonnes were received (down 3.7%)
  • Wool brokers and dealers reported decreases in most states with New South Wales down 3.3% (to 21,900 tonnes), Victoria down 7.1% ( to 19,600 tonnes) and Western Australia down 4.1% (to 16,100 tonnes).
  • South Australia was up 2.9% (to 9,900 tonnes)
     

Wool receivals

Wool receivals

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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Tonnes. Data ranges from 69981 to 96726.
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Exports data

From March 2020, exports data (exports of fresh, chilled, frozen and processed meat and exports of live cattle and sheep) will no longer be published in Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0). ABS exports data can be found in the International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia (cat. no. 5368.0). Please contact us on 1300 135 070 if you need help accessing this information. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment also publish detailed livestock exports data.

Livestock value (original)

Gross value quarterly original movements for December 2019:

  • Cattle and calves decreased by 3.1% to $3.3 billion
  • Sheep and lambs increased by 16.7% to $1.4 billion
  • Pigs increased by 3.8% to $379 million
  • Poultry decreased by 2.2% to $686 million
     

Value of livestock

Value of livestock

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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying $m. Data ranges from 264.7333037 to 3412.3501787.
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Bushfires

Recent bushfire activity in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory has resulted in only minor disruption to ABS livestock data collection activities for this release. Quality assurance undertaken by the ABS confirmed that these disruptions have not resulted in any impacts to national Livestock statistics to date. Whilst it is expected that bushfire activity may have some impact on future Livestock estimates this activity is not observed in the December quarter estimates.

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Table 1. Livestock slaughtered - excluding chickens: all series ('000)

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Table 2. Livestock slaughtered - chickens: all series ('000)

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Table 3A. Livestock slaughtered - excluding chickens: original ('000)

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Table 3B. Livestock slaughtered - chickens: original ('000)

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Table 4. Chicken meat produced: all series (tonnes)

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Publication tables

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Gross value of livestock slaughtered

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Methodology

Livestock Products, Australia methodology, December 2019