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Publication - Statistics

Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census

Published
25 September 2012
ISBN
9781782561156

Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.

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Table 3b. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Percentage
change between
2011 & 2012
Other cattle 2 years and over
Other - 2+ Male 42,576 44,144 40,688 45,398 47,268 48,050 44,449 43,764 47,611 41,382 41,072 -0.7%
Female for breeding 2+ - dairy 6,724 6,451 6,757 6,215 6,995 6,632 5,940 5,926 5,457 5,466 4,977 -8.9%
Female for breeding 2+ - beef 22,174 22,058 23,155 24,688 24,398 26,826 25,602 26,010 28,313 27,588 26,680 -3.3%
Female not for breeding 2+ 21,514 22,713 21,276 22,917 27,431 25,564 27,257 26,682 28,090 26,403 24,146 -8.5%
Total Other 2+ 92,988 95,366 91,876 99,218 106,092 107,072 103,248 102,382 109,471 100,839 96,875 -3.9%
Other cattle 1 year and over but under 2 years
Male 1-2 221,106 222,168 222,938 228,459 214,561 212,435 204,393 205,543 201,306 198,102 196,093 -1.0%
Female for breeding 1-2 - dairy 38,090 40,862 39,618 39,716 38,269 37,421 35,754 37,074 38,853 38,120 37,778 -0.9%
Female for breeding 1-2 - beef 57,693 56,990 56,335 58,598 57,393 61,657 60,711 60,982 60,378 57,648 61,318 6.4%
Female not for breeding 1-2 148,318 148,557 148,018 154,067 152,034 146,705 141,785 137,143 131,883 131,663 125,629 -4.6%
Total Other 1-2 465,207 468,577 466,909 480,840 462,257 458,218 442,643 440,742 432,420 425,533 420,818 -1.1%
Other cattle 6 months and over but under 1 year
Male 6-12 mths 104,580 105,153 105,796 102,632 101,961 97,712 93,571 90,304 90,601 88,454 86,752 -1.9%
Female 6-12 mths 109,037 109,943 111,284 109,815 109,453 104,382 103,145 98,083 97,772 95,035 96,560 1.6%
Total Other 6-12 mths 213,617 215,096 217,080 212,447 211,414 202,094 196,716 188,387 188,373 183,489 183,312 -0.1%
Other cattle under 6 months
Male under 6mths 176,765 179,223 182,375 178,249 174,750 171,427 168,606 165,063 168,561 168,225 170,446 1.3%
Female under 6mths 181,431 183,682 186,228 183,524 180,770 176,828 176,292 171,415 174,765 176,099 176,551 0.3%
Total Other under 6 mths 358,196 362,905 368,603 361,773 355,520 348,255 344,898 336,478 343,326 344,324 346,997 0.8%
Total cattle 1,934,678 1,938,933 1,949,725 1,958,882 1,933,874 1,898,538 1,854,749 1,812,405 1,825,087 1,803,937 1,788,470 -0.9%

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