AUSTRALIAN BEEF OUTPUT DECLINES IN JANUARY Australian beef output declined to 104,353 tonnes carcass weight in January from 112,262 in December and 105,715 a year earlier, the Statistics Bureau said. This followed a decline in the cattle slaughter to 472,900 head from 509,500 in December and 478,800 in January 1986, the bureau said. But cumulative beef output for the first seven months of fiscal 1986/87 ending June 30 rose to 838,416 tonnes from 746,837 a year earlier following a rise in cattle slaughter to 3.84 mln head from 3.40 mln.