New Zealand bull slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  32,  26,  21,  26,  28,  21,,,
November,  62,  67,  44,  63,  70,  61,,,
December,  66,  91,  89,  65,  69,  68,,,
January,  98,  111,  94,  82,  81,  93,,,
February,  87,  81,  85,  61,  64,  82,,,
March,  73,  76,  62,  62,  56,  51,,,
April,  57,  55,  42,  33,  42,  49,,,
May,  67,  58,  45,  54,  37,  50,,,
June,  57,  75,  46,  49,  45,  47,,,
July,  35,  30,  19,  18,  20,  20,,,
August,  12,  10,  8,  8,  5,  10,,,
September,  9,  8,  10,  9,  7,  7,,,
Year ended September,  656,  688,  567,  529,  523,  559,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 10 050, 8 446, 6 829, 8 459, 8 763, 6 694
November, 19 731, 22 058, 14 375, 21 170, 22 361, 19 579
December, 21 416, 29 662, 29 161, 21 180, 21 966, 21 382
January, 30 880, 34 998, 30 086, 26 203, 25 368, 28 762
February, 26 638, 24 699, 26 364, 19 242, 19 819, 24 197
March, 21 418, 22 467, 18 348, 18 644, 16 689, 14 710
April, 16 269, 15 729, 12 318, 9 726, 12 174, 13 576
May, 19 320, 16 977, 13 330, 16 069, 10 779, 13 895
June, 16 760, 22 350, 13 766, 14 529, 13 194, 13 158
July, 10 641, 8 887, 5 715, 5 359, 5 869, 5 756
August, 3 833, 2 966, 2 596, 2 461, 1 675, 2 794
September, 3 014, 2 365, 3 265, 2 734, 2 045, 2 190
Year ended September, 199 970, 211 605, 176 153, 165 777, 160 701, 166 693
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,315.7,325.5,320.6,329.5,317.2,318.2
November,319.4,327.6,328.8,335.7,320.4,321.8
December,325.2,324.3,326.3,328.3,318.4,314.5
January,315.5,314.5,318.9,319.3,313.4,309.9
February,305.2,304.4,308.6,313.1,310.7,296.5
March,291.7,296.3,294.4,302.5,297.7,288.8
April,285.8,288.3,294.1,297.6,290.5,278.1
May,289.7,292.8,295.2,297.7,290.6,276.7
June,292.8,297.5,298.8,296.6,294.7,278.9
July,303.4,300.5,307.8,303.5,299.7,289.3
August,308.6,301.4,311.5,305.7,305.0,284.8
September,318.9,307.0,322.5,305.9,307.9,294.7
Year ended September,304.9,307.7,310.9,313.6,307.5,298.4
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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."