January UK clear pig slaughterings had been up 4.5% on January 2024 at 868,000 head, whereas pigmeat manufacturing, at 82,000 tonnes, was 4.6% larger 12 months on 12 months, in response to the most recent Defra statistics.
Defra’s UK clear pig slaughterings for the 2024 confirmed a 2.8% improve on 2023 to 10.3m, with the December determine 10% up 12 months on 12 months.
The pattern continued in January, with the January slaughter determine evaluating to 830,000 head in January 2025 and 852,000 in December.
The weekly common variety of clear pigs slaughtered in January, 196,000 head, was 4.8% up on January 2024 and a couple of.1% up on December.
Breaking down the UK January slaughter determine, 711,000 clear pigs had been slaughtered in England and Wales, 24,000 had been slaughtered in Scotland and 133,000 in Northern Eire.
Carcase weights averaged 91kg in January, up from 88.5kg in December and barely larger than January 2024.
The variety of sows and boars slaughtered in January, at 18,000, was 11% decrease than the 21,000 figures of January 2024.
AHDB’s estimated GB slaughterings for the primary few weeks of this 12 months have been considerably forward of year-earlier ranges. The determine for the week ended February 8, 182,100 head 22,000 above 2024 ranges and 27,000 above 2023.
These estimates are sometimes topic to vital revision, following publication of Defra’s month-to-month UK figures, nevertheless.
