JUNE KEY TREND FIGURES

	Mar 2015	Jun 2015	Mar '15 to Jun '15	Jun '14 to Jun '15
Livestock (no.)
Cattle (excluding calves)	2 351 669	2 325 971	-1.1%	1.9%
Calves	174 027	177 989	2.3%	1.8%
Sheep	2 179 619	1 980 755	-9.1%	-22.2%
Lambs	5 725 672	5 768 485	0.7%	4.2%
Pigs	1 242 021	1 252 793	0.9%	4.9%
Chickens	148 042 086	147 685 834	-0.2%	1.1%

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Livestock products (t)
Beef	658 255	655 516	-0.4%	4.2%
Veal	9 705	9 369	-3.5%	-9.9%
Mutton	51 850	47 130	-9.1%	-19.9%
Lamb	127 156	127 640	0.4%	5.5%
Pig meat	93 559	94 214	0.7%	4.9%
Total red meat	940 524	933 869	-0.7%	2.7%
Chicken meat	279 128	279 188	0.0%	1.7%
Brokers and dealers receivals of taxable wool	92 408	95 473	3.3%	11.0%

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Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

Source(s): Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

KEY POINTS

Livestock slaughtering and meat production quarterly trend movements for June 2015:

• Cattle slaughter and beef production figures showed signs of slowing in June 2015
• Sheep slaughter continued to decline in June 2015 as export demand eases
• Chicken slaughter and meat production figures remain steady in June 2015