7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2006-07

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Queensland agriculture supports a broad range of livestock-based production. The main livestock raised are cattle for beef production, sheep for meat and wool, and pigs.

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERINGS AND PRODUCTS: ORIGINAL, Queensland, Year ended 30 June


	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08

Livestock slaughterings (a) ('000)
Cattle	3 646.9	3 831.3	3 593.1
Calves	62.3	61.9	52.7
Sheep	940.0	1000.2	783.2
Lambs	283.6	327.0	425.5
Pigs	1 292.9	1 269.7	1 287.0
Chickens (b)	82 723.2	89 576.0	98 015.5
Livestock products ('000t)
Meat produced (c):
Beef	1 054.2	1 107.0	1 040.3
Veal	3.0	2.5	2.0
Mutton	19.1	19.9	16.6
Lamb	5.5	6.0	8.7
Pig meat	95.6	94.3	94.8
Chicken meat (d)	135.7	139.6	154.6

(a) Includes estimates of animals slaughtered on farms and by country butchers.
(b) Comprises boilers, fryers and roasters.
(c) Dressed carcass weight, excludes offal.
(d) Dressed weight of whole birds, pieces and giblets.
Source: Livestock products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0)

LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, Queensland, at 30 June


	Dairy cattle '000	Meat cattle '000	Sheep & lambs '000	Pigs '000

1964	1 049	6 184	24 337	388
1971	623	7 131	14 774	491
1981	335	9 359	10 620	502
1991	277	9 358	17 440	596
2001	288	11 088	8 660	597
2003	233	10 507	4 815	663
2004	255	11 245	4 824	691
2005	221	11 380	4 949	666

2006(a)	194	11 354	4 466	691
2007(a)	189	11 495	4 378	695

(a) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0) and Historical Selected Agricultural Commodities, by State, 1861 to Present (cat. no. 7124.0).