Weight of sheep and cattle graded in New Zealand

By animal type, year ended September 1982–2024, tonnes

The following information applies to all values in the table. Kill status: Total Graded, Unit: Weight
Year ended September	Animal type	Kilograms
1982	Calves and Vealers	20,474,633
1982	Total Adult Cattle	486,828,688
1982	Total Adult Sheep	170,046,125
1982	Lambs	429,825,836
1983	Calves and Vealers	18,498,193
1983	Total Adult Cattle	485,256,394
1983	Total Adult Sheep	178,179,347
1983	Lambs	478,962,292
1984	Calves and Vealers	13,842,220
1984	Total Adult Cattle	411,686,760
1984	Total Adult Sheep	172,234,334
1984	Lambs	472,174,661
1985	Calves and Vealers	13,689,867
1985	Total Adult Cattle	465,574,299
1985	Total Adult Sheep	205,358,186
1985	Lambs	499,790,897
1986	Calves and Vealers	15,665,261
1986	Total Adult Cattle	444,797,232
1986	Total Adult Sheep	129,837,687
1986	Lambs	463,787,209
1987	Calves and Vealers	14,687,632
1987	Total Adult Cattle	532,746,432
1987	Total Adult Sheep	176,891,420
1987	Lambs	405,876,868
1988	Calves and Vealers	15,870,507
1988	Total Adult Cattle	547,749,995
1988	Total Adult Sheep	159,386,400
1988	Lambs	416,694,602
1989	Calves and Vealers	15,456,912
1989	Total Adult Cattle	534,493,413
1989	Total Adult Sheep	185,128,266
1989	Lambs	391,796,614
1990	Calves and Vealers	12,747,075
1990	Total Adult Cattle	458,675,592
1990	Total Adult Sheep	153,035,578
1990	Lambs	346,999,420
1991	Calves and Vealers	13,090,711
1991	Total Adult Cattle	518,654,327
1991	Total Adult Sheep	145,520,352
1991	Lambs	383,588,137
1992	Calves and Vealers	13,950,166
1992	Total Adult Cattle	522,494,578
1992	Total Adult Sheep	157,757,511
1992	Lambs	399,955,058
1993	Calves and Vealers	14,116,490
1993	Total Adult Cattle	558,121,448
1993	Total Adult Sheep	134,492,049
1993	Lambs	351,798,738
1994	Calves and Vealers	14,453,021
1994	Total Adult Cattle	523,251,245
1994	Total Adult Sheep	124,773,443
1994	Lambs	397,824,573
1995	Calves and Vealers	23,339,639
1995	Total Adult Cattle	605,857,968
1995	Total Adult Sheep	143,928,754
1995	Lambs	389,209,387
1996	Calves and Vealers	26,525,842
1996	Total Adult Cattle	605,725,040
1996	Total Adult Sheep	134,309,434
1996	Lambs	375,478,834
1997	Calves and Vealers	26,138,411
1997	Total Adult Cattle	620,165,278
1997	Total Adult Sheep	123,541,878
1997	Lambs	419,092,840
1998	Calves and Vealers	25,277,278
1998	Total Adult Cattle	608,860,293
1998	Total Adult Sheep	128,622,277
1998	Lambs	416,456,482
1999	Calves and Vealers	23,212,952
1999	Total Adult Cattle	538,495,389
1999	Total Adult Sheep	116,584,673
1999	Lambs	400,951,416
2000	Calves and Vealers	19,642,512
2000	Total Adult Cattle	547,921,473
2000	Total Adult Sheep	104,952,511
2000	Lambs	427,837,177
2001	Calves and Vealers	20,517,900
2001	Total Adult Cattle	570,937,858
2001	Total Adult Sheep	128,664,846
2001	Lambs	433,482,754
2002	Calves and Vealers	22,344,424
2002	Total Adult Cattle	553,882,345
2002	Total Adult Sheep	107,190,357
2002	Lambs	413,907,428
2003	Calves and Vealers	26,795,343
2003	Total Adult Cattle	633,424,768
2003	Total Adult Sheep	112,916,791
2003	Lambs	433,463,719
2004	Calves and Vealers	23,931,955
2004	Total Adult Cattle	685,144,670
2004	Total Adult Sheep	106,961,917
2004	Lambs	411,260,687
2005	Calves and Vealers	22,667,011
2005	Total Adult Cattle	629,105,395
2005	Total Adult Sheep	105,185,109
2005	Lambs	437,625,974
2006	Calves and Vealers	22,949,142
2006	Total Adult Cattle	619,938,385
2006	Total Adult Sheep	103,699,970
2006	Lambs	438,491,100
2007	Calves and Vealers	22,525,200
2007	Total Adult Cattle	600,756,192
2007	Total Adult Sheep	120,462,544
2007	Lambs	452,703,476
2008	Calves and Vealers	24,885,136
2008	Total Adult Cattle	609,673,202
2008	Total Adult Sheep	151,740,564
2008	Lambs	446,353,896
2009	Calves and Vealers	23,863,701
2009	Total Adult Cattle	613,165,818
2009	Total Adult Sheep	102,018,020
2009	Lambs	398,520,809
2010	Calves and Vealers	25,384,111
2010	Total Adult Cattle	609,909,091
2010	Total Adult Sheep	95,698,912
2010	Lambs	375,208,465
2011	Calves and Vealers	26,973,683
2011	Total Adult Cattle	595,702,798
2011	Total Adult Sheep	109,125,076
2011	Lambs	356,193,050
2012	Calves and Vealers	27,752,750
2012	Total Adult Cattle	575,254,085
2012	Total Adult Sheep	90,931,633
2012	Lambs	357,260,648
2013	Calves and Vealers	31,180,473
2013	Total Adult Cattle	597,796,895
2013	Total Adult Sheep	105,583,894
2013	Lambs	382,535,026
2014	Calves and Vealers	34,346,260
2014	Total Adult Cattle	598,949,535
2014	Total Adult Sheep	108,562,936
2014	Lambs	377,243,161
2015	Calves and Vealers	33,606,097
2015	Total Adult Cattle	661,084,372
2015	Total Adult Sheep	103,481,963
2015	Lambs	384,930,553
2016	Calves and Vealers	31,244,857
2016	Total Adult Cattle	633,160,171
2016	Total Adult Sheep	98,758,816
2016	Lambs	371,939,107
2017	Calves and Vealers	27,873,448
2017	Total Adult Cattle	605,043,172
2017	Total Adult Sheep	93,906,219
2017	Lambs	361,715,571
2018	Calves and Vealers	29,571,390
2018	Total Adult Cattle	650,943,730
2018	Total Adult Sheep	103,817,930
2018	Lambs	374,023,442
2019	Calves and Vealers	29,028,168
2019	Total Adult Cattle	667,333,193
2019	Total Adult Sheep	90,718,205
2019	Lambs	361,087,457
2020	Calves and Vealers	30,431,302
2020	Total Adult Cattle	681,602,873
2020	Total Adult Sheep	91,606,623
2020	Lambs	361,753,650
2021	Calves and Vealers	30,413,159
2021	Total Adult Cattle	728,544,185
2021	Total Adult Sheep	100,669,659
2021	Lambs	352,910,797
2022	Calves and Vealers	30,034,248
2022	Total Adult Cattle	692,586,643
2022	Total Adult Sheep	93,584,634
2022	Lambs	341,319,649
2023	Calves and Vealers	31,429,809
2023	Total Adult Cattle	709,470,684
2023	Total Adult Sheep	87,703,375
2023	Lambs	349,197,905
2024	Calves and Vealers	30,435,537
2024	Total Adult Cattle	693,597,342
2024	Total Adult Sheep	82,048,526
2024	Lambs	352,450,947

Definitions

Graded numbers are those animals inspected by veterinarians and passed fit for consumption on local and export markets
Weight at slaughter, or hot weight, is the weight of the inspected animal after the head, knuckles, intestines and pelt have been removed but before drying, cooling or further processing has taken place.
Total Kill = Graded + Condemned

Limitations of the data

From October 2017, data on pigs are shown in new weight groups. Because of this, the annual data for pigs from September 2017 to September 2018 may be incomplete.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Livestock Slaughtering: Total New Zealand by kill by animal type (Annual-Sep) September 2024

Webpage:

https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Industry sectors > Livestock Slaughtering - LSS > Total New Zealand by kill by animal type (Annual-Sep)'. All variables except discontinued values were selected to create this dataset.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Livestock Slaughtering: Total New Zealand by kill by animal type (Annual-Sep) September 2024

From the dataset Livestock Slaughtering: Total New Zealand by kill by animal type (Annual-Sep) September 2024, this data was extracted:

Rows: 6-48
Columns: 2-761
Provided: 16,332 data points

This data forms the table Livestock - Livestock slaughtering by kill status by animal type Year ended September 1982–2024.

Dataset originally released on:

November 12, 2024

About this dataset

Livestock slaughtering statistics provide information about kills by region and animal type.

Weight of sheep and cattle graded in New Zealand

By animal type, year ended September 1982–2024, tonnes

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