Upcoming releases
25th of each month or closest following working day.
Livestock slaughter statistics for sheep, cattle, goats, horses, and pigs
Note:
- there is a 1 month lag between the data being processed and the data being published to the MPI website
- the data is provisional for 3 months from the time of its release and is only at the national level
- at least 3 years of data is available on the MPI website.
Further time series of the data are available on Infoshare, a service provided by Statistics New Zealand which allows viewing of the meat slaughter statistics at both the national and the regional levels. The most recent time series of the data will be available on Infoshare by the 30th of each month.
If you have questions about the data, email stats_info@mpi.govt.nz