JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010
TREND ESTIMATES		'000	'000	'000
Number Slaughtered
	Cattle (excl. calves)	1 961	1 895	1 920
	Calves	197	202	208
	Sheep	2 662	1 881	1 566
	Lambs	5 349	4 813	4 794
	Pigs	1 128	1 151	1 145
	Chickens	118 248	116 957	119 594

		Jun Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010
		tonnes	tonnes	tonnes
Meat Produced
	Beef	529 416	516 301	523 599
	Veal	7 835	10 165	10 533
	Mutton	55 903	41 226	35 442
	Lamb	109 878	102 931	102 757
	Pig meat	80 999	83 670	83 821
	Chicken meat	208 058	209 415	214 288
Wool Receivals		89 306	88 806	88 158

	Mar Qtr 2009	Dec Qtr 2009	Mar Qtr 2010
	ML	ML	ML
Whole milk intake by factories	2 346	2 213	2 185

JUNE KEY POINTS

• The trend estimate for sheep slaughterings in the June quarter 2010 decreased 17% to 1.6 million.
• In the June quarter 2010, mutton production decreased 14% to 35 thousand tonnes.
• Live sheep exports in the June quarter 2010 decreased 27%.
• Exports of live cattle in the June quarter 2010 decreased 11%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2010	17 November 2010

INTRODUCTION

This publication presents statistics on livestock slaughterings (including chickens), meat production, whole milk intake by factories, market milk sales by factories, receivals of taxable wool by wool brokers and dealers, exports of live sheep and cattle and exports of fresh, chilled, frozen and processed meat. It also includes seasonally adjusted and trend totals for numbers slaughtered, meat produced, whole milk intake and wool receivals. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) or by referring to the monthly ABS publication Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001).

Users of these data should be aware that a new methodology and revised definitions will be adopted for producing future estimates of livestock slaughtering, as a result of an ongoing quality review of this collection and following consultation with key users.

The livestock slaughtered estimates are derived from a monthly collection of activity for major abattoirs, with adjustments to account for smaller operators and on-farm slaughtering. For future releases, on-farm slaughter of livestock will not be included in the estimates of livestock slaughtering. The calf and pig definitions used in the Livestock Slaughtering collection will also be aligned to current industry standards.

The above changes will be introduced for the September 2010 estimates and all future releases of Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0) as well as related monthly slaughtering estimates published in Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001). To assist users in accounting for any associated breaks in time series, future issues of both publications will incorporate re-based historical estimates.

Further information regarding these changes will be included in future issues. Any queries should be directed to Nigel Gibson on (03) 6222 5940.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.