The local beef market
- 20% of beef produced is consumed in New Zealand (the local market)
- Export market is the dominant market for cattle, beef prices
in the local market determined by export prices
- Carcass weights required for local market (210-220 kg) are lighter
than for the export market (270-320 kg)
- Local beef market is expected to increase due to population
and tourism growth
- The trend in New Zealand has been a decline in red meat consumption
and an increase in white meat consumption
Composition of the New Zealand beef herd (thousands
)
|
|
| Year |
1973 |
1993 |
1995 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Total beef herd |
5 343 |
4 676 |
4 997 |
4 640 |
4 670 |
4 787 |
5 030 |
| Breeding cows |
1 907 |
1 419 |
1 540 |
1 470 |
1 452 |
1 473 |
1 525 |
| Other cattle |
3 436 |
3 257 |
3 457 |
3 180 |
3 218
|
3 314 |
3 505 |
| Breeding cows as %
of total |
36 |
30 |
31 |
31.3 |
31.0 |
33.1 |
35.0 |
| Other cattle as a
% of total |
64 |
70 |
69 |
68.7 |
68.9 |
69.2 |
69.7 |
|
|
Cattle Processed
Total beef harvest (thousands of head) for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
Source: New Zealand Meat
Statistics.
|
|
| Year |
Steer |
Heifer |
Cow |
Bull |
Vealer |
Beef |
Calf
|
| 1999-2000 |
651 |
465 |
664 |
481 |
7 |
2 197 |
1 119 |
| 2000-2001 |
539 |
432 |
597 |
616 |
8 |
2 192 |
1 204 |
|
|
|
Predominant beef cattle breed on 500 New Zealand
survey farms in 1994 - 1995
Consumption of meat in New Zealand (kg per capita)
| Meat
|
1985
|
1995 |
1996 |
1999 |
2001 |
| Beef |
36.5 |
34.6 |
37.8 |
31.2 |
27.1 |
| Poultry |
15.0 |
26.2 |
25.1 |
26.8 |
31.0 |
| Pigmeat |
14.2 |
15.7 |
16.1 |
17.1 |
16.5 |
| Mutton |
20.9 |
12.7 |
10.6 |
6.6 |
6.9 |
| Lamb |
6.4 |
10.5 |
10.0 |
7.7 |
9.7 |
| Total |
93.0 |
100.1 |
99.8 |
89.5 |
91.3 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand
(in: New Zealand Meat and
Wool Board's Economic Service Annual Review of the Sheep and
Beef Industry, 1999-2000)
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