Controlled Finishing Units as part of the TB Eradication Programme are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures and can only sell direct to slaughter.
Kill numbers (rounded) at EU approved slaughter plants originating in Controlled Finishing Units by month and year
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
January
|
20,000
|
24,000
|
28,000
|
25,000
|
25,500
|
February
|
20,000
|
24,500
|
26,000
|
27,000
|
25,500
|
March
|
21,500
|
24,500
|
27,000
|
27,000
|
28,500
|
April
|
19,500
|
26,000
|
29,000
|
20,000
|
28,000
|
May
|
25,000
|
29,000
|
31,000
|
22,500
|
|
June
|
24,500
|
27,500
|
25,500
|
26,500
|
|
July
|
19,500
|
24,500
|
26,000
|
26,500
|
|
August
|
20,000
|
21,500
|
20,000
|
21,000
|
|
September
|
18,500
|
18,500
|
13,000
|
22,000
|
|
October
|
20,500
|
23,500
|
21,500
|
24,000
|
|
November
|
28,500
|
26,500
|
20,000
|
27,500
|
|
December
|
25,500
|
25,000
|
21,500
|
30,000
|
|
Total
|
263,000
|
295,000
|
288,500
|
299,000
|
107,500
|
These figures are published on a monthly basis on the Department section of the gov.ie website.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/f55f2-bovine-birth-and-movements-monthly-reports/#kill-numbers-at-eu-approved-slaughter-plants-originating-in-controlled-finishing-units
These figures are not produced on a weekly basis.