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23 May 2013

UK Slaughter Statistics - May 2013

UK clean sheep slaughterings for April 2013 were one million head and mutton and lamb production was 24,000 tonnes.

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 April 2013 are given below:

Cattle: UK prime cattle slaughterings were 0.8 per cent lower than in April 2012 at 191 thousand head. Beef and veal production was 83 thousand tonnes, 1.9 per cent lower than in April 2012.
Sheep: UK clean sheep slaughterings were 6.0 per cent higher than in April 2012 at 1.0 million head. Mutton and lamb production was 24 thousand tonnes, 4.0 per cent higher than in April 2012.
Pigs: UK clean pig slaughterings were 1.3 per cent higher than in April 2012 at 946 thousand head. Pigmeat production was 78 thousand tonnes, 2.5 per cent higher than in April 2012.

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.

Table 1: UK Monthly Slaughter Estimates
Thousand Head

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.

Table 2: UK Average Dressed Carcase Weights
Kilogramme

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.

UK Monthly Home-Killed Production of Meat
Thousand Tonnes

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.