7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Sept 2016 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/11/2016   
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GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER VALUE, Australia, June 2016
Jun 2016
Sep 2016
Jun '16 to Sep '16
$m
$m
%
Cattle and calves
2 828.8
2 689.3
-4.9%
Sheep and lambs
802.7
766.6
-4.5%
Pigs
367.5
370.4
0.8%
Poultry (a)
706.7
671.6
-5.0%
(a) Includes meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry


KEY POINTS

Gross value quarterly original movements for September 2016:
  • The gross value of pigs slaughtered stayed steady at $370 million for the September 2016 quarter increasing 1%, following a 9% increase in the June 2016 quarter.
  • After a 6% increase in gross value last quarter poultry dropped 5% in the September 2016 quarter to $672 million.
  • After decreasing 4% last quarter, sheep and lambs continued to decrease, dropping a further 5% to $767 million in the September 2016 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.