The national beef kill dropped slightly last week to 25,602 cattle (including 473 calves).
Breakdown [week commencing April 20th]:
- Young bulls: 1,995;
- Bulls: 741;
- Steers: 9,882;
- Cows: 4,062;
- Heifers: 8,449
- Veal: 476.
Previous weeks:
- Week commencing April 13th – 25,225 (including 739 calves);
- Week commencing April 6th – 27,124 (including 418 calves);
- Week commencing March 30th – 30,731 (including 1427);
- Week commencing March 23rd – 35,607 (including 2,834 calves);
- Week commencing March 16th – 37,898 (including 3,434 calves);
- Week commencing March 9th – 38,957 (including 3,277 calves).