Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia
Australia: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 298 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Australia is 298 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Australia peaked at 309 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 150 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Australia 29th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 157 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 157 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 156 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 150 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 156 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 160 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 167 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 172 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 178 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 181 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 176 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 182 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 183 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 173 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 166 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 168 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 178 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 176 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 174 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 181 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 169 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 184 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 186 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 187 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 190 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 196 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 206 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 211 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 210 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 205 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 215 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 220 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 218 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 220 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 215 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 210 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 221 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 230 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 237 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 231 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 224 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 240 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 247 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 247 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 244 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 247 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 250 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 257 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 268 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 270 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 261 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 262 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 263 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 263 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 279 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 277 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 269 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 281 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 300 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 309 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 302 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 298 kg/An | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155.89 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 175.7 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 184.9 kg/An | 169 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 214.5 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 239.7 kg/An | 224 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 266.9 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 279 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 298 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 309 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Australia?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Australia was 298 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 309 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Australia ranks 29th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.