25 August 2011

4 minute read

Europe

Key points

• Cattle: UK prime cattle slaughterings were four per cent lower than in July 2010 at 188 thousand head. Beef and veal production was 83 thousand tonnes, two per cent lower than in July 2010.
• Pigs: UK clean pig slaughterings were 10 per cent higher than in July 2010 at 943 thousand head. Pig meat production was 76 thousand tonnes, a rise of 10 per cent on July 2010.

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

This table shows the monthly average dressed carcase weight of livestock slaughtered for meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom. Longer term trends can be found on the Defra website.

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	2010						2011
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
Steers	18	18	21	22	21	18	20	20	21	20	20	18	17
Heifers	13	13	14	15	17	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	13
Young bulls	8	8	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	7
Cows and adult bulls	10	10	11	13	16	11	14	12	11	10	12	12	11
Calves	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
Clean pigs	171	181	184	190	197	179	181	192	191	178	180	186	189
Sows and boars	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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