New Zealand steer slaughter statistics 2002/03 to most recent,,,,,,,,,
,2002/03,2003/04,2004/05,2005/06,2006/07,2007/08,,,
Inspected Numbers1,(000),,,,,,,,
October,  27,  28,  26,  34,  36,  35,,,
November,  39,  44,  43,  60,  62,  59,,,
December,  39,  55,  57,  60,  58,  58,,,
January,  56,  62,  56,  60,  59,  71,,,
February,  55,  61,  72,  54,  57,  69,,,
March,  54,  65,  71,  73,  70,  58,,,
April,  50,  58,  58,  51,  56,  69,,,
May,  62,  58,  68,  81,  57,  69,,,
June,  44,  66,  61,  64,  59,  66,,,
July,  41,  42,  32,  37,  40,  42,,,
August,  25,  24,  25,  30,  28,  29,,,
September,  20,  20,  27,  26,  27,  23,,,
Year ended September,  512,  583,  595,  630,  608,  647,,,
Total weight at slaughter2,(000 kg),,,,,
October, 8 266, 8 894, 7 990, 10 770, 10 881, 10 873
November, 12 101, 14 014, 13 496, 19 183, 19 837, 18 389
December, 12 425, 17 347, 18 054, 19 398, 18 182, 18 056
January, 17 712, 19 358, 17 915, 19 745, 18 836, 22 824
February, 17 277, 19 035, 22 881, 17 466, 18 339, 21 043
March, 16 494, 20 229, 21 923, 23 438, 22 159, 17 474
April, 15 022, 18 085, 18 002, 16 115, 17 508, 20 351
May, 18 692, 17 837, 20 676, 25 339, 16 743, 20 214
June, 13 181, 20 545, 18 521, 20 045, 18 648, 18 892
July, 12 724, 13 255, 10 014, 11 314, 12 239, 12 247
August, 7 588, 7 253, 7 565, 8 966, 8 526, 8 170
September, 6 251, 5 694, 8 354, 7 905, 8 110, 6 565
Year ended September, 157 733, 181 545, 185 392, 199 681, 190 008, 195 099
Average carcass weight at slaughter2, (kg/carcass),,,,,
October,306.2,314.0,308.8,318.2,305.7,308.4
November,309.2,316.0,316.3,322.2,321.0,313.7
December,316.8,316.5,316.4,321.7,315.0,312.6
January,318.5,313.6,321.8,326.6,319.1,320.0
February,312.1,312.8,318.7,324.9,321.6,306.7
March,305.1,313.2,310.3,321.0,314.4,299.7
April,303.0,310.2,308.6,316.8,312.2,296.0
May,299.9,305.0,304.9,312.9,295.0,292.3
June,301.2,311.2,306.1,311.0,314.1,287.6
July,312.3,313.1,309.6,306.6,309.3,289.9
August,308.0,300.2,304.2,300.3,302.6,285.5
September,304.9,291.9,310.6,298.6,302.0,287.7
Year ended September,308.1,311.1,311.8,316.7,312.3,301.5
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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."