Cattle, Sheep And Pigs Up On Last Year

Prime cattle slaughter numbers were up 15% on January last year to 209,000 head in January 2011. Beef and veal production were up 20%. Sheep numbers were up 5% with mutton and lamb up 10% on last year. Clean pigs slaughter numbers were up7% on January 2010 at 906,000 head. Pigmeat production was 75,000 tonnes, up 8% on last year.