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The number of calves available for beef registered in the country fell by nearly 83,000 in the year to September, reveals the latest analysis of British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) data by EBLEX Ltd, the industry body for beef and lamb levy-payers in England.

The BCMS figures show a total of 2.63 million calves registered in Great Britain between September 2007 and August 2008. Discounting some 421,000 dairy heifer registrations leaves just under 2.21 million calves destined for the beef industry. This compares with
2.29 million the year previously – a year-on-year decline of nearly 4%.

Underlining the major swing to dairy breeding within the national dairy herd in the past two seasons, dairy heifer registrations increased by over 8,000 (2%) in the year despite declining cow numbers. At the same time, however, the number of purebred dairy bull calves registered declined by some 36,000 (10%). Altogether, the figures show a discrepancy of around 100,000 between purebred dairy heifer and bull registrations – almost double the 54,000 discrepancy of the previous year. This confirms the tragic annual increase in dairy bull calf disposals on-farm shortly after birth.

As well as noticeably fewer dairy-bred calves available for rearing, the continued decline in the national beef breeding herd has meant just under 47,000 fewer beef-bred calves being born in the past year.

Limousins continue to dominate the beef breeding industry, being responsible for nearly a quarter of all calves registered in 2007/8, with Charolais in second place at 11% and Aberdeen-Angus in third at 9% ahead of Simmentals (8%), British-Belgian Blues (7%), Herefords (4%) and Blonde d’Aquitaines (2%)

Aberdeen-Angus was the only breed to show a significant increase in births during the year, with the number of British-Belgian Blue registrations also increasing marginally. All the other main beef breeds showed a decline in births – Blondes and Charolais experiencing the greatest relative falls (7% and 5% respectively).

BCMS Birth Registrations in Great Britain - 2006/7 and 2007/8

Breed/Type	Year to September 2007		Year to September 2008		Change
	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total
Limousin	649,827	24%	623,490	24%	- 26,337   (- 4%)
Charolais	312,063	11%	295,385	11%	- 16,678   (- 5%)
Aberdeen Angus	223,806	8%	230,192	9%	6,386   (+3%)
Simmental	209,708	8%	200,372	8%	-   9,336   (- 4%)
British-Belgian Blue	184,768	7%	185,482	7%	714   (  0%)
Hereford	95,547	4%	93,976	4%	-   1,571   (- 2%)
Blonde d’Aquitaine	71,494	3%	66,442	2%	-   5,052   (- 7%)
Other beef breeds	185,941	7%	191,169	7%	5,228   (+3%)
Total Beef-sired	1,933,154	72%	1,886,508	72%	- 46,646   (- 2%)
Total Dairy-sired	770,442	28%	742,900	28%	- 27,542   (- 4%)
Beef Industry Total *	2,291,378	85%	2,208,747	84%	- 82,631   (- 4%)
Overall Total	2,703,596		2,629,408		- 74,188   (- 3%)

Total births excluding purebred dairy heifers

[10/11/2008]