Key facts
- Young bull supply for beef kill is steady year-on-year.
- Supplies of all other cattle types have decreased.
- Young bulls represent 7.5% of the total cattle slaughtered this year.
- 675,000 cattle have been slaughtered year-to-date.
Latest figures on the beef kill reveal that the supply of young bulls has remained consistent with the previous year. This stability in young bull numbers contrasts with a general decline observed in the supply of all other cattle types. Young bulls constitute a relatively small segment of the overall beef production, accounting for just under 51,000 of the 675,000 cattle slaughtered so far this year, which is approximately 7.5% of the total kill.