New Zealand: Livestock and Products Annual
Overall cattle numbers will begin the 2015 year estimated at 10.29 million head and rise during the year to 10.54 million head. Total slaughter numbers in 2015 are forecast to be 4.31 million head just 34,000 head below the revised estimate for 2014 of 4.34 million head. The 2015 kill total should produce 623,000 metric tons (MT) carcass weight equivalent (CWE) of which 528,000 MT CWE will be exported.
