{"id":1331981,"date":"2024-06-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1331981"},"modified":"2024-06-21T17:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:46:05","slug":"over-229000-cattle-exported-to-date-this-year-down-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/over-229000-cattle-exported-to-date-this-year-down-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 229,000 cattle exported to date this year – down 1%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Over 229,000 cattle have been exported from Ireland in the first 23 weeks of this year, according to the latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to DAFM figures, the number of cattle exported from Ireland is 1% or 3,350 head below the number of cattle exported in the same time period of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of Sunday, June 9, the volume of calf and weanling exports have fallen by 6% and 7% respectively, but the number of store and adult cattle exported has increased by 28% and 33% respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below gives an overview of cattle exports by type in the first 23 weeks of 2022, 2023 and 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As can be seen from the table above, calves account for the largest volume of cattle exports, with just under 178,000 calves exported to date this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the purpose of the above table, calves are classified as cattle under six-weeks-of-age, weanlings are all cattle from six-weeks-of-age to six-months-of-age, store cattle are all cattle from six-months-of-age to 24-months-of-age, and adult cattle are all cattle from 24-months-of-age and older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking closer at calf export figures this year and just under 75,000 calves have been sold to The Netherlands, which is down 26% from the 101,000 calves exported there in the same time period of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\nType<\/th> 2022
Week 1-23<\/th>2023
Week 1-23<\/th>2024
Week 1-23<\/th>2022\/24<\/th> 2023\/24<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Calves<\/td> 158,303<\/td> 188,660<\/td> 177,820<\/td> 12%<\/td> 6%<\/td><\/tr> Weanlings<\/td> 12,089<\/td> 15,606<\/td> 14,479<\/td> 20%<\/td> 7%<\/td><\/tr> Stores<\/td> 15,292<\/td> 12,585<\/td> 16,056<\/td> 5%<\/td> 28%<\/td><\/tr> Adult cattle<\/td> 17,100<\/td> 15,549<\/td> 20,692<\/td> 21%<\/td> 33%<\/td><\/tr> Total<\/td> 202,784<\/td> 232,400<\/td> 229,047<\/td> 13%<\/td> 1%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>