United Kingdom Slaughter Statistics - April 2007
UK - This publication shows various statistics obtained from surveys of slaughterhouses run in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Unless otherwise stated, all information is for the United Kingdom.
1. UK monthly slaughter estimates
Monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in the United Kingdom are given in the table below. They are shown in statistical months.United Kingdom | March 2007 4 weeks |
April 2007 5 weeks |
May 2007 4 weeks |
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Steers
|
86 | 103 | 81 |
Heifers
|
68 | 76 | 59 |
Young Bulls
|
20 | 26 | 26 |
Cows and Adult Bulls
|
35 | 37 | 29 |
Calves
|
3 | 2 | 1 |
Other Sheep and Lambs
|
985 | 1160 | 901 |
Ewes and Rams
|
169 | 195 | 155 |
Clean Pigs
|
715 | 871 | 680 |
Sows and Boars
|
18 | 20 | 15 |
Thousand Head |
- Livestock slaughtered under the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme are excluded.
- A dataset showing slaughter statistics for the same months in previous years can be found on the Defra website at http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/datasets/slaughm.xls.
2. UK average dressed carcase weights
The surveys of slaughterhouses also collect information on the meat produced which enables average dressed carcase weights to be calculated. Monthly average dressed carcase weight for livestock slaughtered for meat in the United Kingdom are given in the table below.United Kingdom | March 2007 4 weeks |
April 2007 5 weeks |
May 2007 4 weeks |
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Steers
|
355.3 | 356.6 | 356.9 |
Heifers
|
310.3 | 311.7 | 312.1 |
Young Bulls
|
332.7 | 336.0 | 335.2 |
Cows and Adult Bulls
|
318.5 | 321.0 | 323.0 |
Calves
|
25.1 | 27.6 | 32.3 |
Other Sheep and Lambs
|
19.4 | 20.3 | 20.0 |
Ewes and Rams
|
28.9 | 30.1 | 30.9 |
Clean Pigs
|
75.9 | 74.3 | 75.4 |
Sows and Boars
|
154.3 | 149.4 | 156.8 |
Kilogramme |
- Livestock slaughtered under the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme are excluded.
- A dataset showing slaughter statistics for the same months in previous years can be found on the Defra website at http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/datasets/alldcw.xls.
3. UK monthly home-killed production of meat
The surveys of slaughterhouses also collect information on the meat produced. This enables the total quantity of meat produced in the United Kingdom to be calculated. Home-killed production includes livestock imported into the United Kingdom for slaughter and differs from home-fed production (see Table 6) which excludes livestock imported into the United Kingdom for slaughter. The figures are shown in statistical months.United Kingdom | March 2007 4 weeks |
April 2007 5 weeks |
May 2007 4 weeks |
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Beef
|
69 | 81 | 65 |
Mutton and Lamb
|
24 | 29 | 23 |
Pigmeat
|
57 | 68 | 54 |
Thousand tonnes |
- Livestock slaughtered under the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme are excluded.
4. UK average weekly slaughterings
The monthly figures shown in Table 1 are affected by the number of weeks in the month. In order to provide a better, and more immediately accessible to readers, measure of trends over time, the following tables show average weekly slaughterings for each of the last twelve months. Longer time series are shown in the charts.
2006
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2007
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Cattle
|
Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
Steers
|
21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Heifers
|
16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
Young Bulls
|
7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Cows And Adult Bulls
|
6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Calves
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Thousand Head
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