New Zealand calves and vealer slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  147,  141,  126,  120,  122,  122,,,
November,  13,  9,  11,  21,  11,  10,,,
December,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,,,
January,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,,,
February,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,,,
March,  1,  1,  0,  0,  1,  1,,,
April,  6,  6,  4,  3,  2,  5,,,
May,  4,  2,  2,  1,  2,  2,,,
June,  2,  2,  1,  1,  2,  1,,,
July,  179,  185,  148,  176,  184,  187,,,
August,  737,  674,  664,  664,  675,  699,,,
September,  490,  412,  403,  378,  347,  446,,,
Year ended September, 1 580, 1 433, 1 360, 1 366, 1 344, 1 474,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 2 569, 2 490, 2 200, 2 091, 2 119, 2 159
November,  274,  185,  267,  525,  221,  209
December,  46,  43,  29,  22,  27,  31
January,  38,  23,  23,  21,  29,  52
February,  34,  26,  29,  29,  25,  62
March,  53,  52,  37,  37,  44,  65
April,  152,  160,  96,  73,  62,  149
May,  125,  74,  67,  58,  76,  88
June,  79,  63,  60,  56,  65,  70
July, 3 051, 2 955, 2 261, 2 753, 2 921, 2 953
August, 11 996, 10 937, 10 615, 10 668, 10 964, 11 671
September, 8 378, 6 926, 6 985, 6 617, 5 973, 7 379
Year ended September, 26 795, 23 932, 22 667, 22 949, 22 525, 24 887
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,17.4,17.6,17.4,17.4,17.4,17.7
November,20.8,21.4,23.4,24.4,21.0,21.7
December,88.3,124.1,130.2,122.2,126.8,134.7
January,142.7,111.8,137.3,119.3,119.5,129.2
February,121.6,107.9,113.7,117.8,113.6,138.8
March,86.3,58.3,77.6,118.0,74.5,117.8
April,25.9,28.2,25.4,24.6,35.0,30.7
May,29.8,33.6,44.5,38.8,35.8,40.2
June,34.9,36.5,46.5,52.3,40.2,48.1
July,17.0,16.0,15.3,15.7,15.9,15.8
August,16.3,16.2,16.0,16.1,16.2,16.7
September,17.1,16.8,17.3,17.5,17.2,16.5
Year ended September,17.0,16.7,16.7,16.8,16.8,16.9
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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."