Table 6 Number of cows culled by year, by month of exit and by means of exit (either slaughter or on-farm death, OFD)

Jan

27,455

5,647

22,953

4,705

14,437

5,344

25,737

6,340

22,646

5,509

Feb

23,207

7,812

21,509

6,819

21,361

7,150

25,324

8,387

22,850

7,542

Mar

18,326

12,590

23,358

11,149

21,682

11,200

27,321

14,325

22,672

12,316

Apr

19,773

11,402

20,671

10,759

22,609

11,491

23,310

13,747

21,591

11,850

May

25,475

7,942

20,736

7,352

29,180

8,614

30,611

10,701

26,501

8,652

Jun

27,173

4,380

28,081

4,326

32,208

5,487

35,589

5,201

30,763

4,849

July

33,769

3,223

30,314

3,117

30,381

3,722

32,557

3,748

31,755

3,453

Aug

25,358

2,811

31,446

3,424

33,536

3,731

31,481

3,457

30,455

3,356

Sep

30,767

2,822

31,440

3,778

35,490

3,783

32,393

3,796

32,523

3,545

Oct

34,429

3,033

36,454

4,889

34,166

4,766

33,593

6,001

34,661

4,672

Nov

36,456

3,499

41,183

4,808

41,544

5,897

39,220

5,844

39,601

5,012

Dec

26,974

4,130

35,927

5,234

29,707

5,141

26,039

4,974

29,662

4,870

Total

329,162

69,291

344,072

70,360

346,301

76,326

363,175

86,521

345,678

75,625