Latest cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics
Monthly UK statistics on cattle, sheep and pig slaughter and meat production.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Published:
- 20 June 2013
- Last updated:
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10 September 2026
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Updated with monthly data to August 2026.
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Updated to due to revised poultry data.
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Updated with most recent data.
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Update to supplies dataset. Quarterly and annual poultry production figures (2014-2026) have been revised following a correction to the turkeys, ducks and geese production data for this period.
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Updated with monthly data to June 2026.
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Updated with monthly data to May 2026 and quarterly data to Q1, 2026.
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Update to latest data.
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Corrected cow certain figures.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, March 2026 figures.
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Latest quarterly dataset added.
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Updated with data for February 2026.
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Update to latest report.
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Updated with revised survey data.
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Updated with data for Quarter 3 2025.
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Updated with data for December 2025.
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Updated with data for November 2025.
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Updated with data for October 2025.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, September 2025 figures.
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update to quarterly UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies data.
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Added latest statistical notice, August 2025 figures.
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Updated figures due to revised survey data.
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Update for July 2025.
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Update for June 2025.
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Updated with data for Quarter 1 2025.
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Update dataset name. No change to data.
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Added statistics notice and dataset for May 2025.
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Updated with data to April 2025.
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Added statistical notice and dataset with data to March 2025.
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Updated figures in table 2.1 of statistical notice.
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Quarterly update (Q4 2024) to the dataset.
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Revisions to the data previously published on 13th March due to receiving revised data for all livestock categories.
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Updated with data to February 2025.
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Updated with revised data for Scotland.
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Update with January 2025 publication and data.
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Update to the dataset: UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies – (data for Quarter 3 2024).
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update to the December 2024 dataset
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Updated with data to December 2024.
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Updated with revision to weight category.
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Update for November 2024.
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Update for October 2024.
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Update for September 2024.
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Added meat supplies dataset for quarter 2 2024.
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Amendment to the August 2024 publication - update the HTML, charts and monthly dataset.
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Update for August 2024.
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Added July 2024 data.
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Update for June 20224.
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Updated with Quarter 1 2024 data.
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Updated pig slaughter data.
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Update to latest report.
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Revised sheep weight figure after error.
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Update for April 2024.
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Update the quarterly dataset for Quarter 4 2023.
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Update to latest month.
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Update to latest month.
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Added data up to January 2024.
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Updated to include data for December 2023. Please note that this publication was delayed due to delays in the Food Standards Agency receiving slaughter data after the Christmas break.
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Note added to the statistical notice explaining the postponement of the December 2023 release. This release has been postponed due to the requirement for additional quality assurance. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this delay. We aim to publish this release by 16th January 2024, this date will be confirmed shortly.
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Update dataset for Quarter 3 2023.
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Update for November 2023.
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Update for October 2023.
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Updated to include data for September 2023.
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Import and Export data for Quarter 1 - Quarter 4 2022 have been revised across all quarterly tables.
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The quarterly meat supplies dataset has been revised due to a technical software error. Import and Export data for Quarter 1 and 2 2023 have been revised across all quarterly tables.
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Update the 'UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies' dataset with data for Quarter 2 2023.
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Monthly update for August 2023.
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Updated to include data for July 2023.
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Update to UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies – (data for Quarter 1 2023).
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Updated to include data for June 2023.
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Updated to include data for May 2023.
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Update for 12th May.
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The 'cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: April 2023’ due to be published on the 11 May 2023 will be delayed until Friday 12 May 2023 09:30 due to a delay receiving April slaughter data.
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Update with March 2023 data.
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Updated to include data for February 2023.
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Updated to include data for January 2023.
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Updated to add data for December 2022.
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Dataset needed updated as some figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland were missing.
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Edited to include updated data for UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies.
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Edited to include data for November 2022.
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Updated the supplies dataset.
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Updated with additional data for October 2022.
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Updated with additional data for September 2022.
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Updated to include data for September 2022.
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Updated to add slaughter supplies dataset for Quarter 2.
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Updated to add data for August 2022.
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Updated to include data for July 2022.
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Added statistical notice and dataset with data to June 2022.
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Added slaughter supplies dataset for quarter 1 2022.
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Added statistical notice and data set with data to May 2022.
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Added statistical notice and dataset with data to April 2022 and updated quarterly dataset.
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Added statistical notice and dataset with data to March 2022.
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Updated UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies dataset with data for quarter 4 2021.
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Edited to include data to February 2022.
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Updated with January 2022 data.
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To update the Livestock Slaughter data sets with data for December 2021.
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An error was identified in the deadweight values of cattle in the previous version.
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Added supplies quarter 3, 2021 dataset.
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Updated to include November 2021 data.
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Delay to November 2021 publication.
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Updated with the latest slaughter statistics.
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Updated with revised dataset, images and statistics notice as errors identified in publication dated 14th October 2021.
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Edited to include data to September 2021.
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Updated with UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies dataset for Quarter 2 2021.
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Replaced with updated stats notice and data set after corrections made to errors in Northern Ireland slaughter data.
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Edited latest statistical notice and datasets, now include Aug 21 figures.
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Edited slaughter statistics notice and dataset to include data up to July 2021.
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Edited slaughter dataset 'slaughtering monthly- by country' worksheet, added June 2021 data for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Updated slaughter statistics with June 2021 data.
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Edited supplies dataset, data for Quarter 1 2021.
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Edited the statistical notice and slaughter dataset to include May 2021 statistics.
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Replaced with updated stats notice and data set after corrections made to errors in data.
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Edited to include figures for April 2021.
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Update of the Monthly UK statistics on cattle, sheep and pig slaughter and meat production– statistics notice data to March.
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Updated UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies (data for quarter 4 2020) attachment
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Edited to include data for February 2021.
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Replaced stats notice and dataset for January 2021 due to issues identified in previously published pig figures.
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Edited to include data to January 2021.
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Updated statistical notice and dataset, figures to December 2020 included.
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Replaced supplies dataset with data up to and including Quarter 3 2020.
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Updated to include data to November 2020.
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Edited to include data up to October 2020.
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Edited statistical notice and slaughter data set, includes figures for September 2020.
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Edited meat supplies dataset - added data for quarter 2 2020.
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Edited statistical notice and dataset to include August 2020 figures.
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Replaced slaughter statistical notice and dataset, to include July 2020 figures.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, June 2020 figures.
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Replaced supplies dataset with data up to and including Quarter 1 2020.
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Updated with statistical release and dataset to May 2020.
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Added latest statistical notice and dataset, April 2020 figures.
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Replaced statistical notice and all datasets - March 2020 figures now published.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, February 2020 figures.
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Updated with January 2020 data.
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Updated with December 2019 data.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, November 2019 figures.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, October 2019 figures.
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Updated with latest data.
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Added the 2019 (quarter 2) dataset for UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies.
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Updated with latest data to August 2019.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, July 2019 figures.
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Added statistical notice and dataset, for June 2019 slaughter statistics.
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Updated with dataset for UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies – (data for quarter 1 2019).
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Updated with May 2019 figures.
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Updated with April 2019 statistics.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for March 2019.
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Updated quarterly dataset to Q4 2018.
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Revised slaughter data received.
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Updated with February 2019 figures.
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Updated with January 2019 figures.
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Statistics notice and dataset updated to include December 2018 figures.
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Updated meat supply dataset to include quarter 3 figures.
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Updated with latest statistical notice and dataset for November 2018.
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Updated with latest statistical notice and dataset for October 2018.
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Revised statistical notice and dataset due to revisions to supplied data.
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Updated with statistical bulletin and dataset for September 2018.
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Updated quarterly meat supplies to include data to quarter 2 2018
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Revised notice replacing the one published at 9.30 am on 13th September 2018 due to the previous omission of some pig slaughter data.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for August 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for July 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for June 2018.
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Updated quarterly meat supplies to include data to quarter 1 2018
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for May 2018.
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Updated with April 2018 figures.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for March 2018.
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Updated with quarterly supplies dataset to quarter 4 2017.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for February 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for January 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for December 2017.
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Updated with UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies – (data for quarter 3 2017) dataset.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for November 2017.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for October 2017.
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Added October 2017 publication.
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Updated with quarterly supplies dataset to June 2017.
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Updated with August 2017 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with July 2017 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with June 2017 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated quarterly dataset to include provisional 2017 quarter 1 figures.
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Updated with May 2017 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for April 2017.
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Updated to include March 2017 data.
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Updated quarterly dataset to include quarter 4 2016 data.
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Amended dataset published.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for February 2017.
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Updated with January statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with December statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated slaughter statistic notice.
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Updated quarterly dataset.
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Updated with October statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with September statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated quarterly dataset.
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Updated slaughter notice and dataset.
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Updated with July statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with June statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated quarterly dataset.
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Updated with latest statistics notice.
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Updated with April statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with March stats notice and dataset.
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Updated to include March 2016 dataset.
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Amended statistical release and data due to late revision to figures.
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Updated with February 2016 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with January 2016 data and notice of change to methodology from February 2016.
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Updated statistic notice and dataset to include December 2015 data.
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: November 2015 published.
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UK meat supplies dataset updated.
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: October 2015 published.
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: September 2015 published
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UK home-fed meat production, trade and supplies – quarterly dataset updated.
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: August 2015 published.
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: July 2015 published
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Updated to include latest monthly figures for June 2015.
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UK home-fed meat production, trade and supplies – quarterly dataset updated
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Cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics: May 2015 published.
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Updated with April 2015 data.
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Updated figures to March 2015.
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Update for quarterly home-fed production, trade and supply of carcase meat.
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Updated figures to February 2015.
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Revised January notice and dataset due to a late amendment to the Northern Irish pig figures
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Updated figures to January 2015.
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Republished due to a late revision in the Scottish cattle figures.
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Updated with December data.
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Updated with latest monthly statistics.
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Updated with third quarter supplies data for domestic usage.
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Re-published due to an error in October 2014 cattle figures.
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Updated figures to October 2014.
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Updated figures to September 2014.
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Updated quarterly dataset.
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Updated slaughter statistics.
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Updated figures to July 2014
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Updated with figures to June 2014.
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Updated UK supplies data set.
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Updated to include May 2014 figures.
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Updated to include April 2014 figures.
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Updated with figures to March 2014.
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Updated attached file.
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Updated UK production, trade and supplies data set.
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Updated to include February 2014 figures.
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Updated to include January figures.
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Monthly update - figures for December 2013
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Updated with figures to November 2013.
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Updated the quarterly supplies dataset.
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Updated with figures to October 2013.
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Updated to include figures to September 2013.
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Updated quarterly supplies data set.
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Supplies data set updated to include figures to June 2013.
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Updated to include figures to August 2013.
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Updated to include figures to July 2013.
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Updated to include June 2013 figures.
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Updated supplies dataset to include Quarter 1 2013 figures.
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Updated to include May 2013 figures.
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First published.
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Updated with figures to April 2013.
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Updated to include figures to March 2013.
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Documents
Monthly UK statistics on cattle, sheep and pig slaughter and meat production – dataset
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UK home fed meat production, trade and supplies – (data for Quarter 2 2026)
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Monthly UK statistics on cattle, sheep and pig slaughter and meat production – machine readable dataset
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Details
This monthly statistics notice includes information on the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption, the average dressed carcase weights and the quantity of meat produced in the United Kingdom.
The quarterly meat supplies dataset includes information on beef and veal, sheep, pig and poultry meat production, trade and domestic supplies. This dataset is only updated in March, June, September and December.
User Engagement
Data from the cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics are an invaluable evidence base for policy makers, academics and researchers. The data is also heavily relied upon by livestock industry, including divisions of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics are used for the numbers of slaughtering’s and meat production to assess the current state of the industry and predict the available supplies of meat for the coming year. This, in turn, can affect meat prices and trade decisions on levels of imports and exports to maintain supply.
As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we wish to strengthen our engagement with users of cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics data and better understand the use made of them and the types of decisions that they inform. Consequently, we invite users register as a user of the cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics, so that we can retain your details and inform you of any new releases and provide you with the opportunity to take part in user engagement activities that we may run. If you would like to register as a user of this data, please provide your details in the attached form.
Next update: see the statistics release calendar
For further information please contact:
julie.rumsey@defra.gov.uk
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