New Zealand heifer slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  31,  35,  33,  39,  39,  37,,,
November,  40,  42,  44,  47,  51,  48,,,
December,  38,  43,  44,  42,  40,  41,,,
January,  40,  40,  40,  37,  39,  43,,,
February,  41,  42,  44,  35,  37,  40,,,
March,  43,  53,  48,  46,  47,  37,,,
April,  41,  47,  47,  39,  39,  46,,,
May,  52,  54,  53,  54,  49,  53,,,
June,  43,  53,  45,  52,  42,  56,,,
July,  43,  48,  37,  40,  35,  43,,,
August,  34,  34,  37,  36,  33,  31,,,
September,  30,  30,  36,  33,  32,  28,,,
Year ended September,  475,  520,  506,  500,  484,  503,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 6 965, 7 889, 7 405, 8 842, 8 870, 8 544
November, 9 276, 9 994, 10 217, 11 313, 11 825, 11 359
December, 8 815, 9 922, 10 536, 10 078, 9 502, 9 717
January, 9 338, 9 187, 9 370, 8 969, 9 400, 10 216
February, 9 472, 9 707, 10 152, 8 318, 8 690, 9 379
March, 9 751, 12 161, 11 047, 10 873, 10 934, 8 467
April, 9 304, 10 534, 10 787, 8 994, 9 108, 10 437
May, 11 609, 12 156, 12 039, 12 503, 11 351, 11 989
June, 9 808, 11 983, 10 167, 11 818, 9 565, 13 118
July, 9 826, 10 687, 8 287, 8 927, 7 969, 9 441
August, 7 828, 7 588, 8 227, 8 028, 7 591, 6 766
September, 6 667, 6 766, 8 300, 7 497, 7 440, 6 160
Year ended September, 108 658, 118 575, 116 531, 116 160, 112 243, 115 594
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,228.2,227.3,227.6,227.8,227.4,230.4
November,232.6,239.3,234.2,240.3,233.2,235.7
December,234.2,232.8,236.9,239.9,235.3,236.5
January,234.7,232.2,235.8,240.2,241.6,238.4
February,231.4,230.4,232.9,235.8,237.1,232.8
March,226.0,228.2,229.7,234.5,232.0,230.5
April,224.3,225.7,229.1,232.4,232.2,226.7
May,224.1,225.7,227.2,232.9,229.9,226.1
June,225.8,227.2,227.6,229.4,227.8,234.0
July,228.7,222.9,224.7,225.0,227.6,222.1
August,232.2,221.3,224.8,221.5,228.4,216.0
September,223.9,222.7,229.5,225.0,229.9,219.5
Year ended September,228.7,228.1,230.1,232.3,231.9,229.7
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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."