Ireland: Cattle slaughterings up 8.5% in July compared to 12 months earlier

The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in July 2024 was 8.5% higher than the same month of 2023, according to livestock slaughtering data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). There was also an increase in cattle slaughterings noted for the first seven months of the year compared to the same period of last year, although the rate of increase was not as high, rising about 1.6%. The number of cattle slaughtered last month stood at around 156,600 head, up from around 144,300 head in July of last year. Cattle slaughtering in the year so far to July is estimated to be approximately 1.073 million head, increasing by about 17,000 head on the same period of 2023. The number of cattle slaughtered in the first seven months of 2022, 2023 and 2024 has remained fairly stable over those three calendar years, ranging from 1.056 million last year to 1.085 million in 2022. Stability also largely characterised the month-by-month cattle slaughterings for the seven months so far this ...