7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Mar 2008 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/05/2008   
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

Mar Qtr 2007
Dec Qtr 2007
Mar Qtr 2008
TREND ESTIMATES
'000
'000
'000

Number slaughtered
Cattle
2 065.8
1 962.5
1 944.1
Calves
247.5
207.2
193.0
Sheep
3 279.3
2 876.6
2 912.3
Lambs
5 097.2
5 342.9
5 299.2
Pigs
1 336.8
1 325.0
1 317.8
Chickens
113 794.8
114 809.7
114 336.4


Mar Qtr 2007
Dec Qtr 2007
Mar Qtr 2008
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes

Meat produced
Beef
552 650
523 787
520 064
Veal
7 921
6 819
6 275
Mutton
66 709
62 724
65 469
Lamb
103 935
112 284
111 896
Pig meat
95 775
96 369
96 245
Chicken meat
203 410
201 452
200 127
Wool receivals
112 403
102 769
101 294


Dec Qtr 2006
Sep Qtr 2007
Dec Qtr 2007
ML
ML
ML

Whole milk intake by factories
2 411
2 304
2 288


Cattle slaughterings, Excluding calves - Trend
Graph: Cattle slaughterings Excluding calves Trend

Sheep and lamb slaughterings, Trend
Graph: Sheep and lamb slaughterings Trend




MARCH KEY POINTS


CATTLE SLAUGHTERED
  • The trend estimate for cattle fell by 1% in the March quarter 2008 to 1.9 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 5.5% to 1.9 million.


SHEEP SLAUGHTERED
  • The trend estimate for sheep slaughtered rose by 1.2% in the March quarter 2008 to 2.9 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate remained steady at 2.9 million.


LAMBS SLAUGHTERED
  • The trend estimate for lambs slaughtered fell by 1% in the March quarter 2008 to 5.3 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 7% to 5.1 million.


PIGS SLAUGHTERED
  • The trend estimate for pigs slaughtered remained steady in the March quarter 2008 at 1.3 million while the seasonally adjusted estimate also remained steady at 1.3 million.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
June 2008 14 August 2008
September 2008 14 November 2008



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


INQUIRIES

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