Increase in first-half cattle slaughter in the US
31/07/2019
This total represents an increase of 1.3% compared to the same months in 2018.
In 2019, the average live weight per head was almost 608 kilos, which is very slightly (0.7%) less than the corresponding figure last year.
Beef production at federally inspected plants over the six-month period reached 5.9 million tonnes in 2019, flat with the figure for the same period last year.