7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Jun 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/08/2017   
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GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER VALUE, Australia, June 2017
Mar 2017
Jun 2017
Mar '17 to Jun '17
$m
$m
%
Cattle and calves
2 696.2
2 907.6
7.8%
Sheep and lambs
971.8
991.8
2.0%
Pigs
346.4
334.8
-3.3%
Poultry (a)
682.1
687.6
0.8%
(a) Includes meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry


KEY POINTS

Gross value quarterly original movements for June 2017:
  • The gross value of sheep and lambs increased a further 2.0% to 992 million following a 7.2% increase in the March 2017 quarter.
  • Conversely, after a 4.9% decrease last quarter, the gross value of cattle and calves increased 7.8% in the June 2017 quarter, up to $2.9 billion.
  • After decreasing 3.9% last quarter, the gross value of pigs continued to decrease, dropping a further 3.3% to $335 million.
  • The gross value of poultry marginally increased (up 0.8%) to $688 million, following a 0.3% increase in the March 2017 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.