Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand
New Zealand: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 158 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 158 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand peaked at 193 kg/An in 1994 and was at its lowest, 103 kg/An, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 129th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 107 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 109 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 107 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 115 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 128 kg/An | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 123 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 125 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 122 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 136 kg/An | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 145 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 145 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 133 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 142 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 162 kg/An | +14.1% |
| 1977 | 156 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 154 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 160 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 166 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 163 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 159 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 164 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 167 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 173 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 165 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 174 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 180 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 174 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 177 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 183 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 189 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 184 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 193 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 191 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 170 kg/An | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 168 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 168 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 156 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 167 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 180 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 168 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 169 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 169 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 170 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 174 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 171 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 162 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 167 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 158 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 157 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 155 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 146 kg/An | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 142 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 141 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 146 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 154 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 158 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 157 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 159 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 157 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 161 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 158 kg/An | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115.44 kg/An | 103 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 145.6 kg/An | 123 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 168.5 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 177.9 kg/An | 156 kg/An | 193 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 170.1 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 152.4 kg/An | 141 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 158.4 kg/An | 157 kg/An | 161 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 New Zealand?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand was 158 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 193 kg/An in 1994.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 103 kg/An in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- New Zealand ranks 129th 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 New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.