Double digit growth in livestock exports

Double digit growth in livestock exports<br>…but prices of beef and mutton drop in May

Double digit growth in livestock exports
…but prices of beef and mutton drop in May

Staff Writer Cattle slaughtered at local abattoirs increased by 3.4 percent year on year in May 2022, while sheep slaughtered increased by 12 percent, goats increased by 90.7 percent, and pig slaughtered increased by 12.8 percent According to a report by Simonis Storm economist Theo Klein in May 2022, live cattle exports increased by 35.9 percent year on year, sheep by 47.5, and goats by 9.8 percent and South Africa was the only country to which live cattle was exported to. ‘’During May 2022, South Africa will receive 99 percent of all live sheep and live goat exports. In terms…
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