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US commercial red meat production falls 9%, May 2004

02/07/2004

US commercial red meat production totalled 3.60 billion pounds in May 2004, down 9% from the 3.94 billion

pounds produced in May 2003.

 

Beef production, at 2.07 billion pounds, was 12% below the previous year while cattle slaughter fell 13% to 2.84 million head. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from the previous year, at 1,204 pounds.

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