Table 6.

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

	2003		2004		2005		2006		Average
	Slaughter	OFD	Slaughter	OFD	Slaughter	OFD	Slaughter	OFD	Slaughter	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