"New Zealand adult sheep slaughter statistics, 2002/03 to most recent",,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  223,  195,  170,  124,  187,  160,,,
November,  639,  481,  546,  508,  611,  598,,,
December,  733,  670,  669,  588,  414,  686,,,
January,  744,  675,  756,  781,  719,  826,,,
February,  595,  779,  578,  442,  624,  846,,,
March,  567,  527,  409,  398,  749,  726,,,
April,  333,  213,  271,  250,  400,  691,,,
May,  298,  179,  220,  324,  417,  793,,,
June,  173,  142,  155,  185,  287,  530,,,
July,  220,  223,  232,  292,  327,  386,,,
August,  161,  154,  150,  191,  165,  173,,,
September,  112,  142,  97,  138,  102,  112,,,
Year ended September, 4 800, 4 381, 4 252, 4 222, 5 002, 6 527,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 5 417, 4 840, 4 282, 3 279, 5 256, 3 816
November, 15 278, 12 175, 13 900, 13 105, 14 461, 14 603
December, 17 576, 16 670, 16 628, 15 025, 10 120, 17 099
January, 17 983, 16 543, 18 837, 19 341, 17 874, 19 860
February, 13 990, 18 590, 14 286, 10 717, 15 432, 19 820
March, 12 945, 12 277, 9 768, 9 550, 18 082, 16 501
April, 7 445, 5 079, 6 453, 5 913, 9 314, 15 733
May, 6 604, 4 226, 5 236, 7 682, 9 749, 18 038
June, 3 996, 3 577, 3 813, 4 410, 6 456, 11 455
July, 5 163, 5 609, 5 680, 6 832, 7 459, 8 384
August, 3 783, 3 824, 3 750, 4 491, 3 819, 3 900
September, 2 739, 3 552, 2 552, 3 354, 2 440, 2 618
Year ended September, 112 917, 106 962, 105 185, 103 700, 120 463, 151 827
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,24.3,24.8,25.2,26.5,28.1,23.9
November,23.9,25.3,25.5,25.8,23.7,24.4
December,24.0,24.9,24.8,25.5,24.5,24.9
January,24.2,24.5,24.9,24.8,24.8,24.0
February,23.5,23.9,24.7,24.2,24.7,23.4
March,22.8,23.3,23.9,24.0,24.1,22.7
April,22.3,23.8,23.8,23.7,23.3,22.8
May,22.1,23.6,23.8,23.7,23.4,22.7
June,23.1,25.1,24.7,23.9,22.5,21.6
July,23.5,25.2,24.5,23.4,22.8,21.7
August,23.4,24.8,25.0,23.5,23.1,22.5
September,24.4,25.0,26.3,24.3,23.8,23.5
Year ended September,23.5,24.4,24.7,24.6,24.1,23.3
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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."