19 October 2010

5 minute read

Europe

Key points

This release shows the latest monthly information on the slaughtering of cattle, sheep and pigs. It also includes dressed carcase weight and meat production information. The key results for September 2010 are given below:

• Cattle: UK prime cattle slaughterings were nine per cent higher than in September 2009 at 171 thousand head. Beef and veal production was 74 thousand tonnes, 11 per cent higher than in September 2009.
• Pigs: UK clean pig slaughterings were 5 per cent higher than in September 2009 at 728 thousand head. Pigmeat production was 60 thousand tonnes, a rise of five per cent on September 2009.

Section 1: UK monthly slaughter estimates

This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom. The survey is run according to statistical, rather than calendar months, the number of weeks in the statistical month is specified below.

Section 2: UK average dressed carcase weights

The following table shows the monthly average dressed carcase weight of livestock slaughtered for meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom. The survey is run according to statistical, rather than calendar months, the number of weeks in the statistical month is specified below. Longer term trends can be found on the Defra website by clicking here.

Section 3: UK monthly home-killed production of meat

This table shows the monthly volumes of meat produced in the United Kingdom. Data is shown according to statistical, rather than calendar months, number of weeks in statistical month as specified.

Section 4: UK average weekly slaughterings

This following table shows the average weekly slaughter figures for the last thirteen months. The monthly slaughter figures in section one are affected by the number of weeks in the statistical month. To get a clearer measure of trends weekly averages are calculated by dividing the number of livestock slaughtered each month by the number of weeks in the statistical month.

Longer term trends can be seen in the charts following this table.

Table 4: UK average weekly slaughterings (Thousand Head)
United Kingdom	2009					2010
	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Steers	20	21	21	18	17	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	21
Heifers	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	15
Young Bulls	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	7
Cows and Adult Bulls	10	11	12	10	10	12	10	9	10	10	11	10	12
Calves	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Clean Pigs	173	182	185	180	169	176	177	172	174	171	171	179	182
Sows and Boars	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	*	*	*
*Data are confidential

\United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering – Cattle

United Kingdom average weekly slaughtering - Pigs

Section 5: UK slaughterings by country

This table shows monthly estimates of the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered for meat in England and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Data are shown in statistical months, rather than calendar months. The totals for the countries may not add up to the Great Britain totals or the United Kingdom totals in section one, due to rounding.

Further Reading

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You can view the full report by clicking here.

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