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US cattle slaughter down in December

29/01/2003

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reported that US commercial red meat production for December 2002 increased 1% compared with the year before to 3.86 billion pounds.

 

Beef production and cattle slaughter declined slightly, to 2.11 billion pounds and 2.77 million head respectively. The average live weight increased 9 pounds to 1,265.

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