7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Jun 2018 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/08/2018   
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GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER VALUE, Australia, June 2018
Mar 2018
Jun 2018
Mar '18 to Jun '18
$m
$m
%
Cattle and calves
2 581.7
2 799.7
8.4%
Sheep and lambs
1 052.4
1 094.8
4.0%
Pigs
r282.4
285.1
1.0%
Poultry (a)
640.0
662.1
3.5%
r revised
(a) Includes meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry


KEY POINTS

Gross value quarterly original movements for June 2018:
  • After a 1.0% decrease last quarter, the gross value of cattle and calves increased 8.4% to $2,800 million in the June 2018 quarter.
  • The gross value of sheep and lambs increased 4.0% to $1,095 million following a 1.3% increase in the March 2018 quarter.
  • The gross value of pigs continued to remain steady with a slight increase (1.0%) to $285 million in the June 2018 quarter.
  • The gross value of poultry increased 3.5% to $662 million, following a 9.4% decrease in the March 2018 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.