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Japan Cattle Slaughter by Breed

Name: Japan Cattle Slaughter by Breed
Creator: 農畜産業振興機構（ALIC）畜産物の需給関係の諸統計データ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly number of cattle slaughtered in Japan by breed and sex: Wagyu cows, steers and bulls, dairy cows, steers and bulls, crossbred cattle, other cattle and calves.

Source: 農畜産業振興機構（ALIC）畜産物の需給関係の諸統計データLast updated: Sep 24, 2026, 09:41Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023
Adult cattle, total4	97,018	86,296	79,038	93,008	88,316	79,584	83,297	100,188	102,529	96,440	90,244	78,359	99,138	85,795	84,634	94,907	88,692	82,234	86,114	100,314	109,510	99,512	90,093	82,186	100,061	84,671	88,030	96,544	89,614	83,932	85,166	97,453	108,833	96,004	89,833	85,392	95,298
Wagyu breed3	51,240	44,273	40,362	47,671	43,412	38,984	40,417	52,890	55,911	48,644	45,198	37,843	53,034	44,207	43,082	48,038	43,929	39,830	41,653	51,810	58,079	48,627	43,760	38,484	51,084	41,678	42,300	46,633	41,739	38,980	39,341	47,903	55,636	44,428	40,335	37,694	45,863
Wagyu cows and heifers	24,548	21,386	19,651	23,154	20,668	19,262	19,653	25,495	26,775	23,845	22,344	18,366	25,727	22,069	21,137	23,628	21,540	19,391	20,489	25,139	27,943	24,079	21,434	18,496	24,374	20,130	20,360	22,317	19,798	18,652	18,847	22,102	25,566	21,019	18,634	17,530	20,985
Wagyu steers	26,671	22,870	20,685	24,476	22,706	19,686	20,747	27,383	29,115	24,771	22,828	19,457	27,294	22,120	21,912	24,390	22,348	20,428	21,144	26,654	30,096	24,518	22,288	19,974	26,673	21,530	21,913	24,285	21,903	20,304	20,471	25,791	30,045	23,389	21,679	20,145	24,859
Wagyu bulls	21	17	26	41	38	36	17	12	21	28	26	20	13	18	33	20	41	11	20	17	40	30	38	14	37	18	27	31	38	24	23	10	25	20	22	19	19
Dairy breed3	23,089	21,176	19,240	22,368	23,153	20,772	22,393	23,131	22,730	25,157	23,747	21,453	23,205	20,785	21,362	24,079	23,836	22,503	23,876	25,032	26,809	28,542	26,002	24,339	25,890	22,618	24,310	26,880	26,165	24,492	25,142	25,420	27,963	28,278	27,305	26,645	25,591
Dairy cows and heifers	13,864	12,362	11,027	13,560	14,310	12,552	14,356	14,751	14,316	16,321	15,052	13,159	14,020	12,047	12,503	14,887	14,572	13,497	14,788	15,195	16,234	17,630	15,383	14,050	14,537	11,697	13,485	15,615	15,292	14,081	14,968	14,893	16,861	17,203	16,530	15,408	14,415
Dairy steers	9,218	8,802	8,211	8,794	8,809	8,191	8,013	8,371	8,406	8,827	8,639	8,251	9,170	8,730	8,853	9,166	9,231	8,977	9,064	9,813	10,565	10,908	10,540	10,260	11,339	10,911	10,811	11,250	10,747	10,375	10,153	10,521	11,093	11,061	10,709	11,198	11,160
Dairy bulls	7	12	2	14	34	29	24	9	8	9	56	43	15	8	6	26	33	29	24	24	10	4	79	29	14	10	14	15	126	36	21	6	9	14	66	39	16
Crossbred3	22,619	20,794	19,393	22,920	21,694	19,771	20,419	24,090	23,823	22,564	21,197	19,011	22,821	20,736	20,116	22,663	20,845	19,858	20,528	23,384	24,545	22,249	20,259	19,172	22,586	19,692	20,693	22,336	20,996	19,750	19,998	23,301	24,475	22,393	21,386	20,218	22,983
Crossbred cows and heifers	10,807	9,925	9,256	10,889	10,296	9,359	9,700	10,854	10,978	10,346	9,969	8,909	10,824	9,663	9,574	10,487	9,796	9,382	9,556	10,772	11,566	10,466	9,589	9,011	10,790	9,129	9,942	10,664	9,791	9,033	9,540	10,719	11,354	10,489	10,213	9,484	11,151
Crossbred steers	11,806	10,854	10,117	12,026	11,393	10,402	10,710	13,232	12,843	12,205	11,222	10,101	11,995	11,070	10,539	12,174	11,041	10,473	10,967	12,609	12,971	11,779	10,664	10,157	11,794	10,559	10,748	11,668	11,202	10,715	10,456	12,579	13,117	11,903	11,169	10,711	11,830
Crossbred bulls	6	15	20	5	5	10	9	4	2	13	6	1	2	3	3	2	8	3	5	3	8	4	6	4	2	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	1	4	23	2
Other cattle	70	53	43	49	57	57	68	77	65	75	102	52	78	67	74	127	82	43	57	88	77	94	72	191	501	683	727	695	714	710	685	829	759	905	807	835	861
Calves	417	443	310	363	422	331	333	394	406	441	433	341	461	424	384	418	421	394	449	443	474	676	420	391	433	445	452	533	480	414	356	441	488	549	527	456	444

Latest reading

Adult cattle, total stood at 97,018 head in Jul 2026. That is +12.4% from Jun 2026 and −2.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1990 to Jul 2026.

Latest: 97,018 head; Jul 2026
vs previous period: +12.4%; Jun 2026
vs a year earlier: −2.1%

About this data

Monthly number of cattle slaughtered in Japan by breed and sex: Wagyu cows, steers and bulls, dairy cows, steers and bulls, crossbred cattle, other cattle and calves. Source: Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC), compiled from MAFF Meat Statistics, MOF Trade Statistics and ALIC's own surveys.