Number of livestock slaughtered down from 2022
Between January and August 2023, cattle slaughterings decreased by 2.7% to more than 1.2m heads when compared with the same period in 2022.
The number of cattle, sheep, and pig slaughterings fell in August this year compared to the same month in 2022, according to CSO figures.
Cattle slaughterings fell by 3.1% to just over 161,000 heads in August 2023 when compared with August 2022, while the number of sheep slaughtered contracted by 7% to almost 278,000 heads.Â
