"New Zealand adult sheep slaughter statistics, 2002/03 to most recent",,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,2008/09,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  223,  195,  170,  124,  187,  160,  188,,
November,  639,  481,  546,  508,  611,  595,  630,,
December,  733,  670,  669,  588,  414,  686,  740,,
January,  744,  675,  756,  781,  719,  826,  929,,
February,  595,  779,  578,  442,  624,  846,  564,,
March,  567,  527,  409,  398,  749,  726,  312,,
April,  333,  213,  271,  250,  400,  691,  176,,
May,  298,  179,  220,  324,  417,  793,  128,,
June,  173,  142,  155,  185,  287,  530,  150,,
July,  220,  223,  232,  292,  327,  386,  202,,
August,  161,  154,  150,  191,  165,  173,  90,,
September,  112,  142,  97,  138,  102,  112,  79,,
Year ended September, 4 800, 4 381, 4 252, 4 222, 5 002, 6 524, 4 188,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,,
October, 5 417, 4 840, 4 282, 3 279, 5 256, 3 816, 4 620
November, 15 278, 12 175, 13 900, 13 105, 14 461, 14 521, 15 790
December, 17 576, 16 670, 16 628, 15 025, 10 120, 17 099, 17 899
January, 17 983, 16 543, 18 837, 19 341, 17 874, 19 857, 22 684
February, 13 990, 18 590, 14 286, 10 717, 15 432, 19 820, 13 496
March, 12 945, 12 277, 9 768, 9 550, 18 082, 16 501, 7 326
April, 7 445, 5 079, 6 453, 5 913, 9 314, 15 733, 4 228
May, 6 604, 4 226, 5 236, 7 682, 9 749, 18 038, 3 133
June, 3 996, 3 577, 3 813, 4 410, 6 456, 11 455, 3 643
July, 5 163, 5 609, 5 680, 6 832, 7 459, 8 384, 4 857
August, 3 783, 3 824, 3 750, 4 491, 3 819, 3 900, 2 259
September, 2 739, 3 552, 2 552, 3 354, 2 440, 2 618, 1 986
Year ended September, 112 917, 106 962, 105 185, 103 700, 120 463, 151 741, 101 920
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,,
October,24.3,24.8,25.2,26.5,28.1,23.9,24.5
November,23.9,25.3,25.5,25.8,23.7,24.4,25.1
December,24.0,24.9,24.8,25.5,24.5,24.9,24.2
January,24.2,24.5,24.9,24.8,24.8,24.0,24.4
February,23.5,23.9,24.7,24.2,24.7,23.4,23.9
March,22.8,23.3,23.9,24.0,24.1,22.7,23.5
April,22.3,23.8,23.8,23.7,23.3,22.8,24.0
May,22.1,23.6,23.8,23.7,23.4,22.7,24.4
June,23.1,25.1,24.7,23.9,22.5,21.6,24.3
July,23.5,25.2,24.5,23.4,22.8,21.7,24.1
August,23.4,24.8,25.0,23.5,23.1,22.5,25.0
September,24.4,25.0,26.3,24.3,23.8,23.5,25.2
Year ended September,23.5,24.4,24.7,24.6,24.1,23.3,24.3
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Notes:,,,,,,,
1  Inspected numbers are those animals inspected by veterinarians and passed fit for consumption on local and export markets.,,,,,,,

"2 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."