In the first half of 2026, households in Kazakhstan earned 51.9 billion tenge from the sale of livestock products. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
This is 9.7% less than in the same period of 2025. At the same time, the cost of keeping livestock increased by 12.9% and reached 51.6 billion tenge.
Meat sales declined
In January-June, beef sales decreased by 32.9% to 4,200 tonnes. Pork sales fell by 27.3%, and poultry meat by 51%. Horse meat sales increased by 12.1% to 1,500 tonnes, and mutton sales rose by 7% to 780.5 tonnes.
Sales of fresh milk increased by 4.7% to 114.8 million litres. Sales of wool and down grew by 45.9% to 4,800 tonnes. Egg sales decreased by 24.9% to 25.4 million pieces.
Livestock maintenance costs rose
Household spending on keeping livestock reached 51.6 billion tenge. Of this, 43.8 billion tenge was spent on purchasing feed. Veterinary service costs increased by 53.1% to 1.8 billion tenge.
Milk and beef generated the most income
Income from milk sales amounted to 16.6 billion tenge, and from beef sales to 14.2 billion tenge. Together, these two products accounted for about 59% of total income.
Income from the sale of wool and down increased by 47.4% to 6.3 billion tenge. Income from horse meat sales amounted to 5 billion tenge, and from mutton sales to 2.6 billion tenge.
Over the past five years, household income from the sale of livestock products has decreased by 25.9%. It is noted that households keep livestock not only for sale but also for their own needs. In the first half of 2026, 77.2% of produced mutton was used by families for their own consumption.