Irish CSO Reports
01 October 2012
Irish CSO - Livestock Slaughterings Review August 2012
Cattle slaughterings decreased by 9.6 per cent in August 2012, according to the Irish Central Statistics Office. 
The number of cattle slaughtered in August 2012 was 9.6% lower than in August
2011.
A further comparison of August 2012 and August 2011 slaughtering figures also
shows that
Sheep slaughterings increased by 14.1%.
Pig slaughterings increased by 0.1%.
The number of cattle slaughtered in January-August 2012 was 12.5% lower than
the corresponding 2011 period. Over the same period there was an increase of
7.5% in sheep slaughterings and an increase of 5.7% in pig slaughterings.
Comparing EU figures for the periods January-June 2012 and January-June
2011, Ireland showed a 6.3% increase in pig slaughterings while of the major EU
pig producing countries, Spain recorded an increase of 4.2%.
During the same
period Denmark, Poland, France and Germany recorded decreases of 6.1%,
5.1%, 1.4% and 0.8% respectively.
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