As of the second semester of 2023, the total inventory of livestock in the province of  Marinduque was 256,211 heads, which is 44.5 percent higher than the 177,364 heads of last  year’s inventory.

During the second semester of 2022, smallhold livestock animals had the highest percent  share of 99.0 percent or   175,597 heads, with semi-commercial livestock animals accounting  for the remaining 1.0 percent or 1,767 heads.  

Similarly, in the second semester of 2023, smallhold livestock animals had the highest percent share of 99.7 percent or 255,351 heads, with semi-commercial livestock animals  accounting for the remaining 0.3 percent or 860 heads. 

As of the second semester of 2023, the total livestock animals raised in smallhold farms in Marinduque was   255,351 heads, which is 45.4 percent higher than the last year’s inventory  of 175,597 heads. This is primarily due to the simultaneous increase in the inventory of 
smallhold livestock animals except goat. 

The total inventory of carabao increased by 6.7 percent, or 932 heads, over the 13,827 heads in the second semester of 2022. 

Cattle inventory then increased by 3.0 percent, or 402 heads, over the previous year. Furthermore, the total swine count increased by 66.9 percent, or 79,236 heads, from the previous year.

Meanwhile, the province's latest goat inventory decreased by 2.7 percent, or 816 heads, over last year's inventory. 

During the second semester of 2023, only swine was able to contribute to the semi-commercial livestock inventory in Marinduque, with 860 heads. This represented a -51.3 percent decrease over the previous year's inventory of 1,767 heads. 

The number of livestock animals slaughtered in the province's slaughterhouses in the second semester of 2023 was 20,238 heads, down by 29.7 percent, from the previous year's same semester record of 28,796 heads. The decline can be attributed to the -30.2 percent or 8,230 heads decrease in the hog slaughtered. 

Slaughtered cattle also showed a decrease of 34.0 percent or 459 heads.  

Slaughtered carabao, on the other hand, increased by 74.0 percent (131 heads). Carabao is  the only livestock animal that showed an increase in the number of slaughtered from the  second semester of 2022 to the second semester of 2023. 

The liveweight farmgate prices for several backyard livestock commodities destined for  slaughter showed mixed trends in the second semester of 2023 compared to the same period  in 2022. Animals that experienced price increases included cattle (123.6%) and goats (10.3%),  while hogs and carabao saw declines in average liveweight farmgate prices, with decreases  of 2.6 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively.

TECHNICAL NOTES: 

Data for this Special Release were taken from the two (2) major surveys conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority namely, (1) Backyard Livestock and Poultry Survey and (2) Commercial Livestock and Poultry Survey, both conducted on a quarterly basis. 

Approved for Publication: 

(SGD)GEMMA N. OPIS
Chief Statistical Specialist
PSA PSO Marinduque