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How many sheep were slaughtered in Ireland in 2019?

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Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s database indicate that last year’s cumulative throughput of sheep at sheepmeat export plants stood at 2,782,661.

Breakdown:

  • Lambs/hoggets: 739,027;
  • Spring lambs: 1,635,336;
  • Ewes and rams: 406,663;
  • Light lambs: 1,635.

Week 52

Its database shows that 29,300 sheep were processed during the last week of 2019.

  • Lambs/hoggets: 8;
  • Spring lambs: 27,710;
  • Ewes and rams: 1,581;
  • Light lambs: 1.
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