The volume of cattle slaughter in Ukraine in January 2025 amounted to 13.8 thousand tons, which is 13 thousand tons less (-49%) compared to December 2024 and 100 tons less (-1%) compared to January 2024, the Association of Milk Producers (AMP) reported, citing data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The industry association noted that in January 2025, enterprises produced 51% of beef from the total slaughter volume, and 49% in households.
According to preliminary data of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in January 2025, the volume of cattle slaughter at enterprises amounted to 7.1 thousand tons, which is 1 thousand tons more (+8%) than in December 2024 and 1 thousand tons more (+9%) than in January 2024.
Instead, in households, the volume of cattle slaughter in January 2025 amounted to 6.7 thousand tons, which is 14 thousand tons less (-67%) compared to December and 1 thousand tons less (-9%) compared to January 2024.
The total slaughter of farm animals, not only cattle, but also pigs, sheep, and birds in January 2025 amounted to 279.9 thousand tons, which is almost equal to the previous year (-0.1%).
According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in January 2025, the volume of live animal sales for slaughter increased most significantly at agricultural enterprises in the Zakarpattia region (+200%), Zaporizhzhia region (+100%), Kharkiv region (+63%), Rivne region (+50%), Mykolaiv region (+50%) compared to the previous year.
Most of the animals were sold for slaughter at agricultural enterprises in Vinnytsia (51.9 thousand tons), Cherkasy (35.1 thousand tons), Dnipropetrovs’k (31.9 thousand tons), Lviv (15.3 thousand tons) and Kyiv (11.4 thousand tons) regions.
