New Zealand goat slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  5,  6,  4,  6,  8,  4,,,
November,  4,  7,  5,  4,  6,  3,,,
December,  3,  4,  3,  2,  2,  3,,,
January,  1,  3,  4,  4,  5,  3,,,
February,  4,  7,  6,  7,  7,  7,,,
March,  10,  15,  12,  12,  15,  10,,,
April,  22,  18,  18,  15,  18,  18,,,
May,  31,  23,  23,  20,  18,  18,,,
June,  15,  20,  18,  13,  18,  14,,,
July,  11,  15,  16,  16,  19,  15,,,
August,  12,  13,  14,  12,  14,  8,,,
September,  8,  8,  7,  7,  6,  6,,,
Year ended September,  125,  139,  130,  119,  136,  107,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October,  54,  68,  47,  68,  84,  40
November,  52,  80,  62,  56,  117,  30
December,  34,  48,  29,  26,  23,  32
January,  9,  34,  48,  44,  51,  35
February,  44,  79,  74,  85,  82,  74
March,  117,  175,  141,  139,  171,  110
April,  252,  210,  198,  173,  197,  196
May,  347,  265,  266,  229,  214,  202
June,  168,  226,  196,  146,  223,  714
July,  121,  162,  171,  168,  189,  148
August,  119,  136,  147,  122,  176,  79
September,  83,  83,  79,  71,  64,  61
Year ended September, 1 401, 1 566, 1 458, 1 329, 1 592, 1 722
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,10.8,10.6,11.3,12.0,10.8,10.7
November,13.0,11.3,11.7,13.1,19.4,11.4
December,12.1,11.7,10.9,11.2,10.8,11.9
January,11.7,11.6,11.7,11.3,10.3,10.7
February,12.0,11.6,11.8,11.5,11.4,11.0
March,11.7,11.4,11.7,11.5,11.4,11.2
April,11.6,11.7,11.3,11.7,11.2,11.2
May,11.4,11.8,11.8,11.2,11.6,11.2
June,11.0,11.2,10.8,10.9,12.4,51.2
July,10.8,10.8,10.7,10.3,10.1,10.1
August,10.3,10.3,10.6,10.4,12.7,9.3
September,9.9,10.4,10.8,10.5,10.7,10.8
Year ended September,11.2,11.2,11.2,11.2,11.7,16.1
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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."