New Zealand pig slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  59,  63,  60,  60,  60,  66,,,
November,  61,  65,  70,  65,  65,  65,,,
December,  64,  71,  67,  66,  61,  64,,,
January,  62,  61,  58,  59,  63,  66,,,
February,  58,  60,  59,  59,  58,  63,,,
March,  62,  70,  66,  69,  63,  61,,,
April,  61,  65,  62,  57,  59,  66,,,
May,  66,  67,  67,  73,  68,  67,,,
June,  64,  67,  64,  66,  60,  63,,,
July,  67,  65,  62,  61,  64,  66,,,
August,  59,  67,  66,  65,  64,  55,,,
September,  64,  63,  62,  55,  56,  59,,,
Year ended September,  747,  785,  764,  755,  740,  760,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 3 731, 4 150, 3 968, 4 001, 3 919, 4 574
November, 3 825, 4 168, 4 560, 4 286, 4 575, 4 393
December, 3 922, 4 352, 4 196, 4 176, 3 921, 4 155
January, 3 817, 4 009, 3 817, 3 902, 4 259, 4 461
February, 3 630, 3 961, 3 834, 3 990, 3 913, 4 225
March, 3 928, 4 687, 4 313, 4 662, 4 268, 4 114
April, 3 900, 4 346, 4 126, 3 872, 4 365, 4 514
May, 4 214, 4 527, 4 557, 4 983, 4 653, 4 504
June, 4 088, 4 517, 4 384, 4 462, 4 199, 4 236
July, 4 248, 4 431, 4 181, 4 158, 4 324, 4 468
August, 3 786, 4 489, 4 388, 4 368, 4 388, 3 840
September, 4 136, 4 227, 4 170, 3 724, 3 817, 3 934
Year ended September, 47 224, 51 864, 50 494, 50 585, 50 600, 51 417
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,63.4,65.6,66.2,66.7,65.6,69.0
November,63.0,64.5,65.5,65.9,70.9,67.8
December,60.9,61.7,62.3,63.2,64.3,64.6
January,61.5,65.3,65.9,66.3,67.4,68.1
February,63.0,65.7,65.3,67.2,67.8,67.2
March,63.1,66.6,65.1,67.7,67.4,67.2
April,63.7,66.7,66.5,67.9,73.4,68.8
May,64.0,67.1,67.8,68.6,68.6,67.6
June,63.8,67.8,68.1,67.9,70.1,67.6
July,63.8,67.8,67.3,68.0,67.9,67.4
August,63.7,67.3,66.5,67.4,69.0,69.5
September,64.2,66.8,66.9,67.3,68.2,67.2
Year ended September,63.2,66.1,66.1,67.0,68.4,67.6
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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."