7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Dec 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/02/2018   
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GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER VALUE, Australia, December 2017
Sep 2017
Dec 2017
Sep '17 to Dec '17
$m
$m
%
Cattle and calves
2 935.5
2 608.0
-11.2%
Sheep and lambs
958.2
1 039.2
8.5%
Pigs
294.4
294.7
0.1%
Poultry (a)
674.5
706.1
4.7%
(a) Includes meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry


KEY POINTS

Gross value quarterly original movements for December 2017:
  • The gross value of sheep and lambs increased 8.5% to $1,039 million following a 3.4% decrease in the September 2017 quarter.
  • After a 1.0% increase last quarter, the gross value of cattle and calves decreased 11.2% in the December 2017 quarter.
  • After decreasing 2.9% last quarter, the gross value of pigs increased 0.1% to $295 million.
  • The gross value of poultry increased 4.7% to $706 million, following a 1.9% decrease in the September 2017 quarter.


Gross value of livestock slaughtered data was first published in the March 2016 issue of Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no 7215.0). If you have any feedback about this page, or its associated datacube, you can contact us on (02) 6222 5939 or email agriculture.statistics@abs.gov.au.