Fewer pigs and cattle went to slaughterhouses

In terms of the number of pieces, 10.3 percent fewer cattle, 2.3 percent fewer pigs and 7.3 percent more poultry halves were slaughtered in the first three quarters of 2023 compared to January-September 2022. In the poultry group, turkey slaughter fell significantly (–16.8 percent), but goose and duck slaughter increased (+19.4 and +18.8 percent) in this period, compared to the low base.

63 percent of the slaughtered cattle were cows and 18 percent were bulls

The slaughter of cows decreased by 9.5 percent, that of bulls by 15.3 percent, while the slaughter of heifers increased by 5.8 percent based on the number of pieces in the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the base period. Within pig slaughter, the slaughter of sows decreased from 50.7 thousand in the first three quarters of the previous year – by more than 17 percent – to 41.8 thousand in the January-September 2023 period. The majority of poultry – 85 percent based on the number of pieces – was chicken, turkeys accounted for 2.3 percent, and ducks 10.1 percent.

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