New Zealand cow slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  40,  38,  34,  26,  31,  17,,,
November,  36,  38,  33,  30,  40,  24,,,
December,  31,  40,  38,  32,  33,  24,,,
January,  40,  44,  31,  27,  30,  32,,,
February,  78,  49,  58,  33,  38,  66,,,
March,  110,  103,  109,  103,  112,  70,,,
April,  136,  159,  137,  103,  110,  124,,,
May,  172,  172,  157,  156,  152,  138,,,
June,  90,  101,  68,  68,  62,  80,,,
July,  43,  57,  36,  39,  33,  33,,,
August,  30,  37,  26,  29,  18,  24,,,
September,  33,  35,  25,  28,  13,  23,,,
Year ended September,  839,  873,  751,  675,  673,  655,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 8 169, 7 658, 6 895, 5 550, 6 551, 3 532
November, 7 746, 8 170, 7 212, 6 878, 8 816, 5 215
December, 6 645, 8 493, 8 207, 6 828, 7 101, 5 354
January, 8 276, 8 976, 6 514, 5 793, 6 428, 6 600
February, 15 021, 9 731, 11 662, 6 851, 7 798, 13 092
March, 21 018, 20 179, 21 105, 20 349, 21 862, 13 839
April, 26 624, 30 494, 26 723, 20 526, 22 027, 24 877
May, 33 889, 33 506, 30 932, 31 473, 30 855, 27 809
June, 18 411, 20 702, 13 838, 14 265, 13 059, 16 481
July, 8 706, 11 434, 7 314, 8 105, 6 938, 6 820
August, 5 967, 7 196, 5 378, 5 885, 3 689, 4 664
September, 6 591, 6 881, 5 250, 5 819, 2 681, 4 592
Year ended September, 167 064, 173 420, 151 030, 138 321, 137 804, 132 876
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,203.6,203.4,204.4,215.4,213.3,214.0
November,212.7,215.9,219.1,227.1,223.0,215.5
December,211.1,212.5,215.7,216.5,214.9,220.4
January,207.2,202.4,213.3,212.7,213.1,209.5
February,193.6,197.0,201.1,206.1,205.2,198.2
March,191.6,195.8,194.3,197.6,194.5,198.6
April,196.0,191.9,195.4,200.0,199.7,200.9
May,197.4,194.9,196.6,201.4,202.5,200.9
June,203.7,204.1,203.0,209.0,209.0,205.3
July,204.1,201.9,205.6,207.0,210.6,204.3
August,199.4,196.8,204.1,201.5,204.9,197.6
September,201.1,197.6,208.7,205.2,207.7,199.2
Year ended September,199.2,198.7,201.0,205.0,204.8,202.9
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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."