The number of cattle slaughters increased at the beginning of the year

By: STA Date: 2025. 06. 05. 11:00

In the first quarter of 2025, 23.3 thousand cattle were slaughtered at Hungarian slaughterhouses, 26 percent more than in the same period of the previous year, 1 million 217 thousand pigs were slaughtered, 4.9 percent more (+57 thousand pieces) than in January-March 2024. 55.8 million poultry were slaughtered at slaughterhouses in the first quarter of 2025, which is 4.3 percent less than the value of the base period. The total live weight of slaughtered poultry was 170 thousand tons, and its cut weight (cleaned, dismembered weight) was 128 thousand tons in this period.

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Domestic slaughterhouses produced nearly 119 thousand tons of pork and more than 128 thousand tons of poultry meat in the first quarter of 2025 (carved weight, cut, cleaned weight in poultry). In terms of number of units, 26 percent more cattle, 4.9 percent more pigs and 4.3 percent fewer poultry were slaughtered in the first quarter of 2025 compared to January–March 2024. In the poultry group, duck slaughter decreased by 57.6 percent and goose slaughter by 19.5 percent during this period, while turkey slaughter increased by 9.3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024.

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