"New Zealand lamb slaughter statistics, 2002/03 to most recent",,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October, 1 240, 1 092,  947, 1 265, 1 444, 1 443,,,
November, 1 772, 1 641, 1 882, 1 824, 2 257, 2 386,,,
December, 1 993, 2 558, 2 407, 2 329, 2 649, 2 503,,,
January, 3 526, 3 776, 2 837, 2 592, 3 433, 3 571,,,
February, 3 687, 2 728, 3 382, 3 103, 3 302, 3 555,,,
March, 4 110, 3 177, 3 627, 4 047, 3 817, 3 072,,,
April, 3 097, 3 225, 2 939, 2 863, 2 715, 3 473,,,
May, 2 581, 1 916, 2 590, 2 946, 2 686, 2 741,,,
June, 1 191, 1 285, 1 509, 1 762, 1 851, 1 611,,,
July, 1 077, 1 037, 1 045, 1 221, 1 158, 1 113,,,
August,  767,  680,  797,  869,  758,  733,,,
September,  628,  696, 1 069,  950,  853,  880,,,
Year ended September, 25 669, 23 811, 25 031, 25 771, 26 921, 27 082,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 22 776, 20 370, 18 071, 24 450, 25 981, 26 383
November, 29 192, 27 489, 31 926, 30 761, 36 913, 39 718
December, 32 175, 41 916, 39 056, 37 418, 42 263, 39 866
January, 58 374, 62 039, 48 002, 42 723, 56 853, 57 525
February, 61 972, 45 547, 58 077, 52 713, 56 071, 57 540
March, 68 812, 54 703, 62 386, 68 956, 64 580, 50 012
April, 51 348, 56 706, 51 072, 48 573, 45 612, 56 655
May, 42 733, 33 766, 45 433, 49 833, 44 704, 44 227
June, 20 275, 23 099, 27 009, 29 734, 30 974, 26 271
July, 19 301, 19 084, 19 121, 20 348, 19 825, 18 953
August, 14 016, 12 900, 15 579, 15 427, 13 208, 13 022
September, 12 491, 13 643, 21 895, 17 556, 15 720, 16 229
Year ended September, 433 464, 411 261, 437 626, 438 491, 452 703, 446 402
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,18.4,18.7,19.1,19.3,18.0,18.3
November,16.5,16.7,17.0,16.9,16.4,16.6
December,16.1,16.4,16.2,16.1,16.0,15.9
January,16.6,16.4,16.9,16.5,16.6,16.1
February,16.8,16.7,17.2,17.0,17.0,16.2
March,16.7,17.2,17.2,17.0,16.9,16.3
April,16.6,17.6,17.4,17.0,16.8,16.3
May,16.6,17.6,17.5,16.9,16.6,16.1
June,17.0,18.0,17.9,16.9,16.7,16.3
July,17.9,18.4,18.3,16.7,17.1,17.0
August,18.3,19.0,19.6,17.7,17.4,17.8
September,19.9,19.6,20.5,18.5,18.4,18.4
Year ended September,16.9,17.3,17.5,17.0,16.8,16.5
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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."