7215.0 - Livestock Products, Australia, Jun 2016 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/08/2016   
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GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERED

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER VALUE, Australia, June 2016
Mar 2016
Jun 2016
Mar '16 to Jun '16
$m
$m
%
Cattle and calves
2 773.0
2 828.8
2.0
Sheep and lambs
839.3
802.7
-4.4
Pigs
336.8
367.5
9.1
Poultry (a)
667.2
706.7
5.9
(a) Includes meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry


KEY POINTS

Gross value quarterly original movements for June 2016:
  • The gross value of pig slaughtered increased for another quarter, up 9.1 percent in June to $368 million.
  • After a 3.7 percent decrease in gross value last quarter poultry slaughtered rose 5.9 percent this quarter to $707 million.
  • Conversely, after a small increase last quarter the gross value of sheep and lambs slaughtered decreased 4.4 percent in the June quarter, down to $803 million.

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.